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Emergency Response

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Potential Emergencies

Potential emergencies include

• Fires or explosions
• Injury
• Toxic gas release
• Hazardous chemical spills
• Structural failure
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Terrorist threats
• Natural disasters

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Potential Emergencies

• Understand your role in your company’s

emergency plan

• Develop a mental plan on how to respond to

catastrophic incidents

• Locate emergency equipment and exits before an

emergency occurs

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Potential Emergencies

In the event of an emergency

• Do not assist unless you have the

proper training

• Do not jeopardize your own safety
• Your primary responsibility is self-

rescue

• Check emergency equipment and

know how to use it

• Be prepared

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Preparation is a key to good safety.

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Potential Emergencies

When you first arrive on a jobsite, locate

• Fire alarms and fire extinguishers
• Quickest routes to exits and safe havens
• Escape respirators and other emergency PPE
• Safety showers, eyewash stations and first aid kits
• Windsocks

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Emergency Action Plans

• Required by OSHA
• The purpose is to organize actions during jobsite

emergencies

• A written plan outlines all requirements of your

company’s emergency action plan

• The written plan must be kept at the jobsite and

be available for worker review

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Emergency Action Plans

• The company must review all

parts of the action plan with you

• Your company should conduct

regular emergency drills so that all workers know what to do and where to proceed during emergency

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Make sure someone communicates the facility emergency action plan to you.

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Emergency Action Plans

Workers should be familiar with the following

• How to report emergencies
• Evacuation routes
• Who to ask for information

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Site Specific Contingency Plans

• Describes how workers will respond to different

types of situations

• Details of plans vary from facility to facility

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Site Specific Contingency Plans

Immediate action plan consisting of steps you need to take immediately after an incident

• Alert and account for workers
• Locate and use required PPE
• Move from source and proceed to assembly area
• Report to supervisor
• Initiate evacuation if needed
• Implement control measures for situation
• Notify officials as required
• Monitor for reentry

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Site Specific Contingency Plans

Your company should review the emergency action plan with you

• When plan is developed
• When responsibilities or designated actions under the

plan change

• Whenever the plan is changed

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OSHA Minimum Requirements

Include in an emergency action plan

• Reporting of fires and other emergencies
• Evacuation procedures and emergency escape routes
• Critical plant operation procedures
• Accounting for all workers after an emergency

evacuation

• Rescue and medical duties
• Emergency contact list

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OSHA Minimum Requirements

• Know how to report emergencies
• Notify a supervisor or the proper authorities
• It is imperative that emergency situations be

immediately reported

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Evacuation Procedures

An evacuation policy helps workers understand

• Who is authorized to order an evacuation
• When an evacuation would be necessary
• How to evacuate
• What routes to take

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Evacuation Procedures

• Describe actions such as shutting windows, turning
• ff equipment and closing doors
• You must know about the following

– Assembly points – Wind direction

• Move crosswind, then proceed upwind

– Specialized equipment

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Evacuation Procedures

Shelter-in-place

• Find the nearest safe haven and stay there until

given an all clear signal

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Emergency Escape Routes

Emergency exit routes must be

• Clearly marked and well lit
• Wide enough to accommodate workers
• Unobstructed
• Unlikely to expose workers to additional hazards

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Accounting for Workers

• Emergency action plans must include procedures to

account for workers after the evacuation to ensure everyone is safe

• This informs emergency responders of any missing

workers

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Alarm Systems

• Preferred method to inform workers that an

emergency exists

• Purpose of alarm systems is to reduce severity of

incidents by providing an early warning signal so workers can escape

• Must be seen and heard in affected areas

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Audible Alarms

• Include bells, horns, sirens and voice announcement

systems

• Distinguished above and apart from normal sound

level

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Visual Alarms

• Use steady, flashing or strobe lights to alert

workers to an emergency situation where noise levels are high

• Alert workers with hearing loss or disability
• Strobe lights are the most effective means

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Alarms

Basic precautions for alarms

• Be able to distinguish between signals
• Be familiar with how to sound alarm
• Give attention to visitors
• Must be distinctive
• Must be perceived above noise and light levels
• If unable to recognize alarm, contact supervisor

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Training

• Should reflect written policies of the company
• Workers required to retrain annually

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