How PASTOR knows what it knows

The source material

De dónde viene la información

PASTOR carries 82 reviewed reference entries covering construction and healthcare safety. They are built from federal OSHA standards published in the Code of Federal Regulations, the OSH Act, OSHA’s own published guidance, and recognized industry standards including ANSI, NFPA, NIOSH, The Joint Commission, and CMS. Where state law differs from federal — Texas in particular — that difference is stated separately rather than blended in.

PASTOR tiene 82 entradas de referencia revisadas sobre seguridad en construcción y salud, basadas en normas federales de OSHA, la Ley OSH, guías publicadas por OSHA, y normas reconocidas de la industria incluyendo ANSI, NFPA, NIOSH, The Joint Commission y CMS.

Every citation links to the source

Cada cita enlaza a la fuente

When PASTOR shows a worker a reference card, that card carries four things: what kind of authority it is, the specific standard, a link to the actual government page, and the date the rule set was last reviewed.

A worker should never have to take PASTOR’s word for it. Federal standards link to OSHA’s own site. State provisions link to the state agency. Consensus standards link to the body that publishes them.

The eight site-practice entries are the honest ones. They say plainly that no published federal standard requires it — the practice is what good sites do, not what the law demands. Blurring that line would mislead a worker making a real decision.

Cada tarjeta de referencia incluye el tipo de autoridad, la norma específica, un enlace a la página oficial del gobierno, y la fecha de la última revisión. Un trabajador nunca debería tener que creerle a PASTOR sin poder verificarlo.

Three tiers, never blurred

Tres niveles, nunca mezclados

Calling a site policy “the law” would mislead a worker making a real decision. PASTOR always says which kind of answer it is giving.

Llamar “ley” a una política del sitio engañaría a un trabajador que está tomando una decisión real. PASTOR siempre dice qué tipo de respuesta está dando.

Written in both languages

Escrito en ambos idiomas

All 82 entries exist in English and Spanish. They were written in both languages, not machine-translated at the moment you ask. A worker reading in Spanish gets the same substance, in the same register, as a worker reading in English.

Las 82 entradas existen en inglés y español. Fueron escritas en ambos idiomas, no traducidas automáticamente.

Who writes and reviews it

Quién lo escribe y lo revisa

PASTOR was built by a safety professional with over eleven years in the field. That started as craft labor — two years building scaffolding, then a stretch in commercial demolition — before eleven years on the safety side.

That work covered refineries, chemical plants, pharmaceutical builds, data centers, solar, power generation, and manufacturing. Permit systems, confined space entry, lockout/tagout, hot work, trenching, scaffolding, and incident investigation. Somewhere between three and four hundred workers oriented and trained across those sites.

A number of those assignments came down to being bilingual. When the workforce was Spanish-speaking, being understood was not a nice extra — it was the job. That is why PASTOR was built in two languages from the start rather than translated afterward.

Every entry is reviewed by a person before it reaches a worker. Healthcare content is informed by a registered nurse with bilingual clinical experience.

A commercial AI model powers the conversation. It does not decide what the rules are — it delivers reviewed content in plain language and matches the way a worker is speaking. The judgment about what is accurate stays with a person.

PASTOR fue creado por un profesional de seguridad con más de once años en el campo, incluyendo años como trabajador de oficio. Cada entrada es revisada por una persona.

How it stays current

Cómo se mantiene actualizado

PASTOR follows OSHA’s own publication schedule. OSHA publishes QuickTakes twice monthly, covering rulemaking, enforcement actions, and compliance updates. Each issue is a review trigger.

Changes are recorded in a review log with the date, what changed, and which entries were affected. The review date at the top of this page reflects the most recent pass. If that date is old, this page will show it rather than hide it.

PASTOR sigue el calendario de publicación de OSHA. QuickTakes se publica dos veces al mes. Cada edición activa una revisión, y los cambios se registran con fecha.

Field reports

Reportes del campo

Some entries exist because of something that happened to a real worker — an employer refusing a required illness report, a supervisor claiming reports are only for injuries, a refusal that reversed only after someone went a level higher and named the requirement out loud.

These shape what PASTOR covers and how it recognizes an excuse. They never determine what the law says. No worker is ever named, and no conversation with PASTOR is ever used this way — nothing said to PASTOR is stored.

Algunas entradas existen por lo que le pasó a un trabajador real. Esto determina qué cubre PASTOR y cómo reconoce una excusa — nunca determina lo que dice la ley. Nadie es identificado.

What PASTOR is not

Lo que PASTOR no es

• Not a law firm. Using PASTOR creates no attorney-client relationship.
• Not connected to any employer, HR vendor, or staffing agency. Not built by, funded by, or sharing data with one.
• Not a government agency, and not affiliated with OSHA or any other.
• Not a place that stores, sells, or shares your conversation. No account, no name, no worker record. Anonymous usage counts are kept, and the privacy policy says exactly which.
• Not a substitute for medical care or for an attorney when you need one.

PASTOR no es un bufete de abogados, no está conectado con ningún empleador, no es una agencia gubernamental, y no guarda ni vende tu conversación.