What is a contractors obligation to provide occupational medicine services to transient and short-term workers?
The intent of the provision in Section 8(a)(1) requiring occupational medicine services for workers who work on a DOE site for more than 30 days in a 12 month period is to address DOE’s population of transient and short-term workers such as crafts and laborers that are accessed from union halls, work for multiple contractors, or frequently cycle in and out of DOE sites for short duration tasks. This provision makes it clear that a contractor must establish and provide occupational medicine services to their workers who work on site for 30 days in a 12-month period. Title 10 CFR 851.10 requires that contractors’ worker safety and health programs describe how the contractors will comply with the requirements of the regulation, including the occupational medicine requirements, that are applicable to hazards within their scope of work. In addition, 851.11(a)(2)(ii) requires contractors to coordinate with other contractors at the covered workplaces to ensure that there are clear roles, resp
Related Questions
- What constitutes enrollment in exposure monitoring programs for which the contractor must provide occupational medicine services?
- What is a contractors obligation to provide occupational medicine services to transient and short-term workers?
- Does a schools obligation to provide AT devices/services mean that the district always pays for them?
