NFPA 70E 2015 Host and Contract Employers Responsibilities
For those companies that are considered a Host Employer the responsibilities of how contract employers that are working under you fall on your shoulders.
To me this is quite a concern because if the safety manager is not totally aware of this or if the information slips their mind there could be huge repercussions.
Your job as a host employer is to inform any contract employers that are working under you about any known hazards that are dealt with in the NFPA 70E Standard concerning the contract employers and their workers. This would be any job task that involves electrical hazards and/or might have even the slightest chance of integrating with or being part of the work process that would expose them to these hazards.
This would also include the Host Employer observing and informing these companies that work under their leadership of any potential safety violations.
In other words anyone who is hired and their employees would fall under their jurisdiction.
It is also up to the contract employers to do their part to ensure all the safety standards are followed. If there are any safety concerns that are realized by the either parties they must communicate these issues as anyone of them are liable in the case of an accident.
As in any business it is very important that safety meetings are held on a regular basis (every day if required) and all the information is documented so that there is evidence that these potential safety hazards were addressed.
Terry Smeader
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