Image source: Pixabay In emergency cleanup operations, where biohazardous substances like blood or hazardous chemicals are often present, OSHA compliance becomes a cornerstone of safe and lawful ...

An emergency action plan that includes six basic elements will meet minimum OSHA requirements. These include fire and other emergency reporting procedures, emergency escape route assignments and ...

Course Description This course covers OSHA requirements for emergency action and fire protection plans. Course topics include purpose and requirements of emergency action and fire prevention plans, ...

But during a presentation about the audit in front of the House Education Committee on Tuesday, Mike Kurtenbach, the Department of Education’s director of school safety, told legislators that schools ...

A discussion of emergency preparedness and business continuity planning for private employers, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), general industry standards ...

State and local officials are sounding alarms about the potential cost and feasibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s plan for a major overhaul of the standards that ...

It’s been two years since Portland City Council adopted a three-year Climate Emergency Workplan to guide the city’s actions on climate change in accordance with a 2020 climate emergency ...

OSHA vs. NFPA data OSHA has worked on the new proposed standard since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, after all government agencies, including OSHA, were directed to strengthen their preparedness ...

A new Emergency Response Standard (ERS) has been proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to impose additional requirements on organizations with employees who respond to ...

Finland's Radiation & Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK – Säteilyturvakeskus) has adopted a new regulation that no longer stipulates a five-kilometre precautionary action zone or a 20-kilometre emergency ...

The requirements include “a scalable method to determine the size of the offsite emergency planning zone around a facility”. Applicants and licensees for SMRs and other new technologies can use the ...