Plant managers and EHS leads who decide where a contractor is allowed to walk.
What usually goes wrong
A vendor who treats the plant like a big office will mop a walkway during a shift and leave the locker room. A vendor who overreaches will touch equipment they were not asked to touch. Both end the contract.
What the contract covers
- Marked aisles and the floor we are cleared to scrub
- Locker rooms, washrooms, and the lunch room
- Front office and the visitor entrance
- Exception notes when a fixture is broken or a bay was live and had to be skipped
How it is usually scheduled
Tied to the production calendar. Five-day plants usually want evenings. Plants that run Saturday want that said in the schedule, not discovered by an empty dock on Monday.