What construction standards require written plans?

There are very few construction rules that actually require a written safety plan. Below is a list of topics that, to the best of our knowledge, the regulation requires a written plan. Some of the rules only require a plan for parts of the regulation. An example of this is electrical safety. You are only required to have a program if you maintain an assured equipment grounding conductor program rather than using ground fault circuit interrupters. Of course, to have a top-notch safety program, it is important that you go beyond the required plans and write one for all major tasks at your jobsites.

• Assured equipment conductor grounding program, 29 CFR 1926.404(b)
• COVID-19, 29 CFR 1926.58
• Emergency action plan, 29 CFR 1926.35 (Note: Reference is made to the emergency action plan at 29 CFR 1926.60(e)(1)(iii), .64(n), .65, .1117(i), .1127(h), .1144(i), .1145(i), and .1147(h).)
• Emergency response plan, see hazardous waste operations and emergency response below
• Fall protection plan, 29 CFR 1926.501(b), .502(k) and Appendix E
• Fire prevention plan, 29 CFR 1926.60(e)(1)(iii)
• Hazard communication, 29 CFR 1926.59
• Hazardous waste operations and emergency response (safety and health program and emergency response plan), 29 CFR 1926.65(b)(1), (l)(1), (p)(1), (q)(1)
• Permit-required confined space program, 29 CFR 1926.1203, .1204
• Process safety management, 29 CFR 1926.64(d), (e)(1), (f)(1), (j)(1), (l)(1), (m)(4), (o)(3)
• Respiratory protection, 29 CFR 1926.103
• Specific chemicals, 29 CFR 1926.60, .62, and .1101 to 1926.1153
• Steel erection, 29 CFR 1926.753(c)(5), .757(a)(4), .757(e)(4), and Appendix A