Protecting Workers-Mendelsen

Preparing for
Workplace Emergencies
Richard Mendelson
Area Director
Manhattan Area Office
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
SENY PDC – April 2006

Planning for emergencies
 Conduct a comprehensive assessment
 Consider accidents, fires, medical

emergencies, chemicals, severe weather,
transportation, utilities, deliberate acts
 Most likely scenarios
 Worst-case scenarios
Minimum elements of an
Emergency Action Plan
 Preferred method of reporting

 Evacuation policy & procedure
 Emergency escape procedures and route
assignments
 List of contacts with telephone numbers
– Inside & outside facility
 Procedures for employees that remain for:
– Shutdown of critical operations
– Fire suppression
Other EAP elements
 Rescue duties & medical care

 Assembly area & employee accountability
 Coordinator
– Size-up emergency
– Oversee operations
– Coordinate with emergency responders
– Direct orderly shutdown of operations
Employee training
 Roles & responsibilities
 Threats, hazards, and protective actions
 Notification, warning, and communication
 Proper response
 Train employees:
– Initially
– New hires
– Changes to process, facility, or plan
Important considerations
 Evacuation routes
– Alternatives
 Muster point
– Alternatives
 Accountability
 Handicapped individuals
 Visitors and contractors
 Coordination with other tenants
 Practice drills
Contingency plans
Continuity of operations (COOP)

 Who’s in charge?
 Employee rosters (current? available offsite?)
 Staff morale
 Temporary space
 Resumption of operations (critical, other)
 Telecommunication & information technology
 Administrative functions & files
 Permanent relocation
Continuum of response
 Host site employees

– Emergency Action Plan
 Evacuation / Shelter-in-Place
 Public safety responders
 Skilled support personnel
 Continuity of operations
National Incident Management System &
National Response Plan
NIMS
• Aligns command, control,
organization structure, terminology,
communication protocols, &
resources/resource-typing
• Used for all events Resources
Incident
Knowledge
Local
Abilities
NRP
Response
State • Integrates & applies Federal

Response
or Support
resources, knowledge, &
abilities before, during, & after an
Federal incident
Response or Support
• Activated only for
Incidents of National Significance
NRP Structure
BASE PLAN ESF #5 – Emergency ESF #10 – Hazardous ESF #15 – Emergency
JFO, PFO, IIMG, Management Materials Public Info
HSOC ESF #4 - Firefighting ESF # 9 – Urban Search ESF #14 –
and Rescue Community Recovery,
ESF #3 – Public Works Mitigation, and Economic
ESF #8 – Public Health
Stabilization
and Engineering & Medical Services
ESF #2 – ESF #13 –Public Safety
ESF #7 –Resource
Telecommunications and Security
Support
ESF #1 - Transportation ESF #12 - Energy
ESF #6 – Mass Care,
Housing and Human ESF #11 –Agriculture
Services and Natural Resources
Emergency
Support Function
Annexes
Insular Affairs
Logistics Cyber Response
Science and Technology Terrorism Response
Biological Response
Private Sector
Coordination Volunteer Coordination
Nuclear/Radiological
Financial Management Response
International
Coordination Hazardous Materials
Response NRP Changes and
Worker Safety and
Health Public Affairs Updates
Catastrophic Incident
Response Acronyms and
Tribal Relations Abbreviations
Support Incident Terms and Definitions
Annexes Annexes
Appendices
Safety for responders
“Responders” includes more than formal

emergency services
– Skilled support personnel, contractors, utilities, public
works, transportation
Incident management
 Preplanning
 Training
 Incident Command System (ICS) implementation
– Unified command
 Incident Safety Officer
 Risk management
– Realistic estimate of risk vs. benefit
– Hierarchy of controls
Incident management, cont’d

 Personnel accountability, span of control
 Identification of hazards and implementation of
controls
 Establish perimeter, operational zones, access
control
 Management of mutual-aid and volunteers
 Safety & health represented in planning cycle

– Incident Action Plan (IAP) should include safety
components
 Medical, rehabilitation, evacuation, accountability
 Safety & health concerns may be inadvertently
overlooked
– Competing priorities, limited experience with certain
hazards
OSHA activities
Focus on risk management

 WTC critique
 OSHA – FEMA Summit
 First Receivers document
 Disaster Site Worker training (#5600 & #7600)
 Internal preparedness
– Planning, training, equipment
– Drills and exercises
– Specialty Response Teams
Applicable standards
 Revised Exit Routes standards

– 29 CFR 1910 Subpart E (November 2002)
 Recognizes Life Safety Code (NFPA 101-2000)
 CPL 02-01-037 – Compliance Policy for Emergency Action
Plans and Fire Prevention Plans (July 2002)
 Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response
(HAZWOPER)
– 29 CFR 1910.120
 Portable Fire Extinguishers
– 29 CFR 1910.157
References
 E-tools
– Evacuation plans & procedures
– ICS / UC
– Anthrax
 Fire Safety Expert Advisor
 http:/www.osha.gov/

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Preparing for

SENY PDC – April 2006

 Conduct a comprehensive assessment

 Consider accidents, fires, medical

 Most likely scenarios

 Preferred method of reporting

 Rescue duties & medical care

Continuity of operations (COOP)

 Host site employees

State • Integrates & applies Federal

Logistics Cyber Response

Science and Technology Terrorism Response

“Responders” includes more than formal

Incident management, cont’d

 Safety & health represented in planning cycle

Focus on risk management

 Revised Exit Routes standards

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