HSMP’s & PSSP’s
There are two governing documents that will frame the required overall criteria for the project.
The Health and Safety Management Plan (HSMP) written by the owner, will serve as the overall health and safety plan for the project and the Project Specific Safety Plan (PSSP) written by the prime contractor, that is written to address project specific hazards. Both are living documents that must be monitored, as revisions are made during the life of the project and requirements change.
The HSMP is meant to provide the overall minimum requirements for project personnel and will be used in conjunction with the prime contractor’s PSSP, which will be more detailed and task specific.
Prime contractors have the responsibility to manage the owner’s onboarding requirements (HSMP) while simultaneously working with subcontractors to fulfill their own project specific elements (PSSP). Since the PSSP is developed to meet or exceed the HSMP, only the PSSP is normally referenced by prime and subcontractors.
Both of these documents will cover the same material, but with different objectives. The HSMP is typically used as a guiding document that states, lists, and establishes the required elements that the PSSP must address.
The HSMP will quote the standards and specifications that must be used for all activities, materials, permits, etc. for the project, as outlined in the document.
The PSSP will be developed to meet or exceed all requirements of the HSMP, with greater detail placed on “how” the elements will be accomplished. An example of this would be that the HSMP states that regular site inspections will be completed, while the PSSP would state that inspections will be completed with an expected frequency.
PHA’s
Both the HSMP and the PSSP will have a Project Hazard Assessment (PHA), which lists the projects hazards, risk rating and proposed controls. The HSMP will be from a 30,000’ level, whereas the PSSP will be more detailed, since it’s written by the prime contractor, who will have more comprehensive knowledge of the activities on site.
Since these two documents will become the “Rule Book” for the project, both must be reviewed by any company prior to coming on site. Although the PSSP will be distributed to all contractors, the HSMP is in the background the authority when questions arise regarding standards and requirements that contractors must meet on the project. It’s important to review both plans and perform a gap analysis on the company’s activities compared to the stated requirements, as it can be very expensive and time consuming if changes have to be made, once the project has started, to comply with an element that was overlooked in planning.
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