Host employer safety responsibility

OSHA expects host employers to provide site-specific hazard training and staffing agencies to provide general safety training. Shared records mean neither party has to take the other's word for it.

Shared duties, shared documentation

OSHA expects host employers to provide site-specific hazard training and staffing agencies to provide general safety training. Shared records mean neither party has to take the other's word for it.

The regulatory backdrop

OSHA's temporary worker initiative holds staffing agencies and host employers jointly responsible for temporary worker safety, with training obligations shared between them.

Attendance you can prove

Each check-in records the worker's photo, GPS coordinates, and a SHA-256 timestamp at the moment of scan — the difference between saying a worker was trained and showing who was standing there.

No app, no account, about 90 seconds

Workers scan the QR code the supervisor displays and check in from their own phone's browser. Nothing to install and no password to forget, which is why adoption does not stall on the least tech-interested member of the crew.

One-click audit export

Every briefing exports as an audit-ready PDF formatted for OSHA 29 CFR 1910 and 1926, DOT/FMCSA, and the Canada Labour Code, with the attendance evidence attached rather than summarized.

Frequently asked questions

How do you document host employer safety responsibility?

Capture the record during the briefing rather than afterward. Each worker scans the QR code and checks in with a photo, GPS location, and sealed timestamp, so documentation exists before the crew disperses.

What does staffing agencies scrutiny usually look like?

Typically OSHA inspections that name both employers, client contract requirements, and workers' compensation disputes over which employer was responsible. Each of those is a retrieval test under time pressure.

How much does it cost?

$349 per month, unlimited workers. Free 14-day trial, no credit card, no per-site fees.

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