Safety Documents for US Contractors

If you run a US construction crew, sub on commercial projects, or carry the safety hat at a GC, you already know the document burden. Every project, every GC, every state asks for some combination of JHA, JSA, SSSP, AHA, hazcom, written safety program, and a stack of trade-specific paperwork. The names overlap. The forms don't. The deadlines are always yesterday.

Riskora is the structured safety-document platform built around how US contractors actually work. This page is the index — pick the document you need, get the guide, and (if it helps) generate it in the platform.

Core US safety documents

• JHA generator (Job Hazard Analysis) — OSHA Publication 3071, the document most federal and state inspectors look for first.
• JSA template — same structure as a JHA, older industry term still in heavy use.
• Site-specific safety plan (SSSP) — what GCs require before mobilization.
• Construction safety plan template — the written program OSHA inspectors will ask to see.
• Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) — USACE EM 385-1-1 for federal civil works.
• JHA form — what fields belong on the document, and what auditors flag as missing.

How-to and examples

• How to write a JHA — the actual five-step process, not the theory version.
• Job safety analysis examples — six fully-worked JSAs across trades.
• Does OSHA require a JHA? — the short answer and the longer one your inspector will actually use.
• JHA vs JSA vs AHA — sorting the acronyms, including which one to use on which job.
• What is a JHA? — the plain-English version.
• Cal/OSHA JHA requirements — California-specific Title 8 CCR notes.

Trade-specific JHAs

The most common request from GCs is a trade-specific JHA. The hazards, the OSHA subparts, and the controls change with the work:

• JHA for roofing — Subpart M, fall protection, residential vs commercial.
• JHA for electrical work — Subpart K, NFPA 70E, lockout/tagout.
• JHA for excavation and trenching — Subpart P, competent person, protective systems.
• JHA for welding and hot work — Subpart J, fire watch, hot work permits.

When you need it today

• Same-day JHA (US) — GC gating site access, need the document before mobilization.
• Rebuild an existing JHA — upload the returned document, get a clean re-issue.

Who Riskora is for

General contractors who need to compile sub paperwork into a project safety binder. Subs who are tired of being asked for the JHA at 7pm. Safety managers running fifty crews across multiple states. Owner-operators who need defensible documentation without a $400 consultant fee per document. The platform doesn't replace the competent person on your job — it stops them starting from a blank page every morning.

Every document the platform produces is reviewable, editable, and exportable to PDF. The hazard libraries are mapped to OSHA standards and consensus practice. The output is yours.

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