Who would be responsible for compliance to the standards; i.e.: building management or individual companies?
Reply: OSHA’s policy provides that on a multi- employer worksite each employer may be cited for a violation and subject to an appropriate penalty, if employees are exposed to a hazard. The Field Operations Manual (FOM) provides, at Chapter V, F.1.a., that, in addition to citing employers whose employees are exposed to hazards (the exposing employer), the following employers shall normally be cited, whether or not their own employees are exposed: (1) The employer who actually creates the hazard (the “creating employer”); (2) The employer who is responsible, by contract or through actual practice, for safety and health conditions on the worksite; i.e., the employer who has the authority for ensuring that the hazardous condition is corrected (the “controlling employer”); (3) The employer who has the responsibility for actually correcting the hazard (the “correcting employer”). Thus, the answer to your question, would depend on the specifics as to who is the creating, the controlling or th
