Nail salons and esthetics studios
The exposure control plan your salon needs, ready to print and sign
A slipped nipper or a nicked cuticle is an exposure incident. Gloveplan writes your plan around your tools, your pedicure basins and what your technicians do when a client bleeds.
- Metal implements, files and bits covered
- What to do when a client is cut
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Exposure Control Plan
Maple Row Nail Studio LLC (made-up employer)
- Business
- Maple Row Nail Studio LLC
- Address
- 100 Sample Street, Springfield, TX 00000
- Plan Administrator
- Alex Morgan, Owner
- Administrator contact
- alex@example.com
- Effective date
- October 1, 2026
- Next annual review
- October 1, 2027
- Copy kept at
- the front desk binder
3. Exposure determination29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)
The Employer has decided which employees have occupational exposure. The decision is made without regard to personal protective equipment: a job counts as exposed even if gloves or other equipment are worn.
A. Job classifications in which all employees have occupational exposure
- Nail technician
- Esthetician
B. Job classifications in which some employees have occupational exposure
- Salon manager
- Cleaning staff
C. Tasks and procedures that expose the employees listed in B
| Job classification | Tasks and procedures with occupational exposure |
|---|---|
| Salon manager | Cleaning and disinfecting tools and pedicure basins; handling sharps containers; helping a client who is cut |
| Cleaning staff | Cleaning stations and pedicure basins; emptying trash that may hold contaminated items |
Tasks and procedures at this salon where exposure can occur
- Manicures and pedicures with metal implements: cuticle nippers, pushers, clippers and files
- Using and cleaning electric file bits
- Helping a client who is cut or bleeding during a service
- Cleaning, disinfecting and storing reusable tools between clients
- Cleaning and disinfecting pedicure basins and footbath equipment
- Closing, moving and replacing sharps containers
- Handling regulated waste and bagging trash that may hold blood-soaked items
- Handling laundry that may be soiled with blood
- Cleaning up a blood spill or helping a client who is bleeding
- Giving first aid to a client or coworker
Job classifications with no occupational exposure
Receptionist. If an employee in one of these jobs begins any task listed above, the Employer treats the job as exposed, updates this section, and trains the employee before the task starts.
Exposure
What counts as exposure in a salon
Most salon work is low risk, but not no risk. The tasks that matter for the plan are the ones that can break skin.
Manicures and pedicures
Cuticle nippers, pushers, curettes and clippers can cut a client or the technician, and then blood is on a tool that is used again.
Callus and skin work
Where your state allows blades or razors, they are sharps. E-file bits and lancets used for extractions can also break skin.
Cleaning tools and basins
Scrubbing and disinfecting implements between clients, and cleaning pedicure basins and footbath equipment.
A client who bleeds
Stopping a service, handling gauze and soiled tools, and cleaning the station afterward.
Sharps
Sharps the plan covers for a salon
- Metal cuticle nippers and clippers
- Pushers, curettes and files with sharp edges
- Single-use blades where state rules allow them
- Electric file and drill bits
- Extraction lancets
In your plan
What your plan covers
Exposure determination
Nail technicians and estheticians listed as exposed, your receptionist as not, and the tasks that expose a manager or cleaning staff.
Tool disinfection
Scrub, then disinfect for the full label contact time or sterilize; single-use files and buffers discarded after one client; clean tools stored closed.
If a client is cut
A step-by-step routine for stopping the service, controlling bleeding, setting the tool aside and cleaning the station.
Pedicure basins
Draining, scrubbing and disinfecting between clients and at the end of the day.
Vaccination and exposure follow-up
How hepatitis B vaccine is offered, the declination form, and who to see after a cut or needlestick, with your clinic and its phone number.
State board checklist
A short checklist for your salon license, disinfectant labeling and basin logs; state cosmetology boards set rules on top of OSHA's.
Pricing
Preview free. $29 once for the whole plan.
Plan and forms
$29one-time
One location, no subscription
- The complete written Exposure Control Plan, about 20 sections, as PDF and as an editable Word file
- Hepatitis B vaccine declination form (Appendix A wording)
- Exposure incident report form
- Training record log
- Sharps injury log
- A short note on your state and local rules
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FAQ
Questions from this kind of business
We only have a couple of technicians. Do we still need a plan?
If you have employees who could come into contact with blood on the job, yes, however small the salon. A technician who rents a chair as a true independent contractor is generally not your employee, but any employee with exposure, including a manager who cleans tools, brings the requirement.
Does the plan list the disinfectant I use?
Yes. You enter the product name and the plan tells staff to follow its label for contact time. Your state board may also have rules on disinfectants.
Is this the same as my state board sanitation rules?
No. State cosmetology and barbering boards set sanitation rules for salons. OSHA's standard is a separate workplace-safety rule for your employees. You need both.
Is the plan OSHA-approved?
No. OSHA does not approve, certify or endorse exposure control plans or the tools that produce them. The plan is yours: you adopt it, sign it, adjust it to your workplace and keep it current. Gloveplan fills in a plan from your answers, following the structure of the standard.
My state has its own OSHA plan. Does this still work?
This version is built on the federal standard. States with their own OSHA-approved plans, for example California, Washington, Oregon and Michigan, may add requirements or write the rule differently. Choose your state in the questionnaire and the plan carries a note about it; check your state's rule before you adopt the plan.
Where do my answers go?
They stay in your browser. The questionnaire saves your answers on your own device so you can come back to them, and the plan is made there. Gloveplan's server never receives your business name, staff, address or answers. The page sends anonymous counts of which tool or industry was used, and checks your license key after you buy.
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