OSHA training requirements in Connecticut

What the rule says

Statute

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-53b

Who it covers

Contractors and subcontractors performing manual labor on a Connecticut public works project for the state, its agents, or a political subdivision

What it requires

A 10-hour OSHA construction safety and health course, or an equivalent approved federal program, for every worker on the project

Deadline

Proof of the course is due with the certified payroll for the first week each employee begins work on the project

If you do not comply

A worker who cannot show proof of the course is subject to removal from the site if the documentation is not provided by the fifteenth day after the noncompliance is found

What else applies here

• The mandate has two narrow exceptions: employees of public service companies, and commercial vehicle drivers on site only to load or unload cargo.

  Connecticut General Statutes, read September 5, 2026: “drivers of commercial motor vehicles driving the vehicle on the public works project and delivering or picking up cargo from public works projects provided they perform no labor relating to the project other than the loading and unloading of their cargo”

• Section 31-53b does not restate a dollar threshold of its own: it borrows the definition of a public works project from Connecticut's prevailing wage statute, which sets the bar at $100,000 for remodeling or repair work and $1,000,000 for new construction. Below those amounts, the training requirement does not apply.

  Connecticut General Statutes, read September 5, 2026: “the combined total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with any remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project is less than one hundred thousand dollars”