In 2017, New York City’s (NYC) Council amended the administrative code of the City of New York and the NYC building code, in relation to construction site safety training. This amendment is called Local Law 196 of 2017 (formerly known as Intro. 1447). It amends the administrative code by adding section 22-509 Construction site safety training courses. Requiring the Mayor to establish by March 1, 2018, a program to provide equal access to construction site safety training. This law has several deadlines and was established to make sure that construction workers in New York City all had a minimum amount of training. This law has been updated and delayed twice, so far (click here for the FAQ on the regulation).
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The first deadline has passed already, beginning March 1, 2018, each permit holder at a building site for which a construction superintendent, site safety manager, or site safety coordinator is required shall ensure that each construction or demolition worker employed or otherwise engaged at such site by the permit holder or performing subcontracted work for or on behalf of such permit holder shall have successfully completed:
- an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-hour class;
- an OSHA 30-hour class; or
- a 100-hour training program.
We are currently passed the second deadline of December 1, 2019. Permit holders shall ensure each worker has an OSHA 30-hour card, SST card, a limited SST card or a temporary SST card and each worker who is serving as a site safety manager, site safety coordinator, concrete safety manager, construction superintendent or a competent person at such site shall have an SST supervisor card.
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To get a limited SST card (which expires August 31, 2020) you must have taken one of the following training paths:
- OSHA 10-hour class with 20-hours of additional training:
- OSHA 10-hour
- 8-hour Fall Prevention
- 8-hour Chapter 33 (Site Safety Manager Refresher) or 4-hour General Electives and 4-hour Specialized Electives
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User and refresher
- 4-hour Fall Prevention
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User
To get a temporary SST card (which expires after 6 months during which time training must be completed to receive a Limited SST card or SST card) you must have taken an OSHA 10-hour class.
To get an SST card (which expires after 5 years) you must have taken one of the following training paths, this card will be required by September 1, 2020 (unless the NYC Council pushes this deadline back):
- OSHA 10-hour class with 30-hours of additional training:
- OSHA 10-hour class
- 8-hour Fall Prevention
- 8-hour Chapter 33 (Site Safety Manager Refresher)
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User
- 4-hour General Electives
- 4-hour Specialized Electives
- 2-hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- OSHA 30-hour class
- 8-hour Fall Prevention
- 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- 4-hour Fall Prevention
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User
To get a Supervisor SST card (which expires after 5 years) you must have taken:
- OSHA 30-hour class
- 8-hour fall prevention
- 8-hour Chapter 33 (Site Safety Manager Refresher)
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User
- 2-hour Site Safety Plan
- 2-hour Tool Box Talks
- 2-hour Pre-task Safety Meetings
- 2-hour General Electives
- 2-hour Specialized Electives
- 2-hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness
So that’s how you get the various cards required under this local law. The law doesn’t end there. The next compliance date is September 1, 2020. By that date, all workers must have an SST card to work on most construction projects.
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| By the full compliance date, SST Cards & Supervisor SST cards will be required on most construction sites |
- SST Card (8 Hours)
- 4-hour Fall Prevention
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User
- 8-hour Fall Prevention
- 4-hour Supported Scaffold User
- 2-hour Tool Box Talks
- 2-hour Pre-Task Safety Meetings
Local Law 196 of 2017 obviously, creates a minimum training requirement for workers on most construction projects, to visit the NYC Site Safety Training website click here. Permit holders are required to maintain a daily log that identifies each worker and that includes, for each worker a copy of SST card, a limited SST card, a temporary SST card, or an SST supervisor card or proof of taking an OSHA 10-hour; OSHA 30-hour; or 100-hour training program. Violations of this law will result in a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per untrained worker to be issued to the owner of the site, the permit holder, and the employer of the untrained worker (this could mean up to a $15,000 fine, based on contract language, to the employer of the untrained worker). Failing to maintain the log will result in a civil penalty of $2,500. The gradual phase-in, the list of General and Specialized Elective courses, and the recent release of what it will take to become an approved training provider all seem to imply that the later dates may be the actual dates of implementation. As we see now.
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