The events at World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Oklahoma
City, as well as at workplaces that received anthrax-tainted mail, demonstrate
that office buildings and other worksites can be vulnerable to attacks.
Natural disasters such as fires, floods, hurricanes can also endanger employees.
Each worksite should have an emergency action plan that gives employees information necessary to
evacuate the building or shelter-in-place in an emergency. Training in the
plans should be given to the employees, and drills of the plan should be
held regularly.
For more information,
see:
- OSHA's
Evacuation Planning Matrix
- OSHA's
High-Rise Fact Sheet
- OSHA's
Anthrax eTool
-
OSHA's electronic Health & Safety Plan (eHASP) for Anthrax
-
OSHA's Hazardous And Toxic Substances Safety and Health Topic
page
- OSHA's
Guidance and Regulations
- Department
of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Emergency
Management Guide For Business & Industry. FEMA (2003,
March 5), 1 page. A step-by-step approach to emergency planning,
response and recovery for companies of all sizes.
- DisasterHelp.gov. This Disaster Management
e-Government Initiative focuses on providing information and services
relating to the four pillars of all-hazards disaster management:
preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
- Ready.gov.
A site to help Americans learn about and prepare for potential
terrorist attacks (biological, chemical, explosions, nuclear blast,
radiation).
-
Office of Personnel Management's Emergency Preparedness Guides
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Additional
Publications/Documents from OSHA
OSHA Standards and Guidance
OSHA Standards
OSHA Directives
- CPL
2-1.037. Compliance policy for emergency action plans and fire prevention
plans (July 9, 2002), 296 KB PDF, 20 pages.
- OSHA
CPL 2-2.59A. Compliance directive for inspections of 1910.120(q);
(emergency response)
OSHA Interpretation and Compliance Letters
- Principal Emergency Response
and Preparedness Requirements and Guidance.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), (2004) 635 KB
PDF File, 76 pages. To help employers, safety and health professionals,
training directors, and others, the OSHA requirements for emergencies
are compiled and summarized in this booklet. This publication provides
a generic, non-exhaustive overview of OSHA standards for emergencies.
It is not intended to alter or determine compliance responsibilities
in OSHA standards or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
- Response
to emergency in "normal work area" definition. (1993,
June 22), 5 pages. Interpretations for OSHA 1910.120
- Alarm
systems for employee evacuation and/or response. (1992, December
16), 5 pages. Interpretations for 1910.38
- Training
requirements for employees in food storage facility where ammonia is
used solely as a refrigerant. (1991, May 10), 4 pages
- Considerations
for "incidental" spills cleaned up by maintenance personnel
to satisfy the definition of "emergency response". (1990,
July 31), 1 page
- Fires
involving spills or releases of hazardous substances. (1991, June
17), 11 pages
- Post-emergency
response and medical surveillance requirements of HAZWOPER. (1993,
August 5), 7 pages
- Summary
report on OSHA inspections conducted at superfund incinerator sites.
(1993, September 16), 23 pages
- Error
corrected in response of Sept. 4, 1990 concerning fire hazard associated
with TCE. (1991, June 5), 12 pages
- Application
of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard to
Specific Operations. (1990, July 25), 12 pages
- Application
of OSHA's final standard for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response. (1989, July 28), 8 pages
- 1910.120
Application to Petroleum Product Spills or Releases Subject to State
Codes. (1991, July 17), 6 pages
Other Standards
-
EPA
40 CFR 300. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan
Other
- National
Fire Protection Association. The NFPA is the prime organization
providing consensus standards for emergency response.
- Department of
Homeland Security - DHS
- The
National Response Team. The NRT consists of 16 federal agencies
with interests and expertise in various aspects of emergency response
to pollution incidents. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) serves
as chair and the Coast Guard serves as vice-chair of the NRT. The NRT
is primarily a national planning, policy and coordinating body and does
not respond directly to incidents. The NRT provides policy guidance
before an incident and assistance as requested by an On-Scene Coordinator
via a Regional Response Team (RRT) during an incident. NRT assistance
usually takes the form of technical advice, access to additional resources/equipment
or coordination with other RRTs.
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