A general contractor hires several subcontractors. Regarding the IIPP, which statement is most accurate?
Explanation
Section 3203(a) places the duty on every employer, and section 1509(a) repeats it for construction, so the program follows the employment relationship rather than the site. The general contractor's program reaches the general contractor's own employees and discharges no subcontractor's duty. Cal/OSHA's multi-employer policy can cite a controlling employer for a hazard it controls, but that is a theory of citation, not a substitute for the sub's written program. The fewer-than-ten exception in (a)(3) lets a small employer communicate and instruct orally on safe work practices; it does not excuse the written program itself.
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