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This document outlines emergency response procedures that should be included in a workplace safety plan. It discusses assessing emergency situations, communicating dangers, and administering response plans. Workers should be trained to identify hazards and alert supervisors. Documentation of near-misses can help prevent future risks. Potential emergencies include falls, fires, explosions, structural failures, spills, releases of toxic substances, power/utility outages, and severe weather. Being prepared improves the effectiveness of responses when emergencies occur.

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Emergency Response Procedures: Toolbox Talks

This document outlines emergency response procedures that should be included in a workplace safety plan. It discusses assessing emergency situations, communicating dangers, and administering response plans. Workers should be trained to identify hazards and alert supervisors. Documentation of near-misses can help prevent future risks. Potential emergencies include falls, fires, explosions, structural failures, spills, releases of toxic substances, power/utility outages, and severe weather. Being prepared improves the effectiveness of responses when emergencies occur.

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Toolbox Talks

Emergency Response Procedures


Introduction
It is better to know emergency response procedures before an emergency rather than when
something has already gone wrong and there is little time to react. That’s why every workplace
must have a written safety plan including emergency response procedures appropriate to the
hazards associated with the work. By including this information in regular job–site meetings,
workers will be able to review the response procedures and implement them should an
emergency occur. Workers should be trained to identify hazards and communicate the
subsequent dangers to supervisors and other employees. Also, a log should be created to
document near–misses in an effort to prevent similar hazards in the future.

Emergency Response Procedure


The following guidelines may help diffuse a stressful situation when immediate action needs to be
taken to prevent the situation from escalating.

Assess the situation – In case of an emergency, this would determine what course of action
must be taken. Examine the surroundings and devise a plan to minimize any more danger to
anyone involved.

Communicate the danger – Is the emergency one that demands professional emergency
attention? I so, call 911 immediately. Any worker in the immediate area should be made aware of
the emergency.

Administer the plan – The plan would include appropriate access and egress procedures for
emergency personnel, first aid personnel, worker evacuation, and necessary following actions.

Potential emergency situations include falls, fire, explosion, major structural failure, spills of
flammable or toxic liquids, the release of toxic substances, loss of electrical power, water or
communications, and bad weather. Any of these hazards can cause an emergency situation any
time without little or no warning. The better prepared the response, the better the effectiveness of
the action when an emergency occurs.

Final Thoughts
These minimum training and equipment requirements, if followed correctly, will greatly reduce the
risk of serious injury on the job site. For more information regarding this subject, please reference
the applicable sections of the Occupational Health & Safety Regulation.

SiteDocs Safety Corp. exists to provide resources to the construction industry, and as such, can not be held responsible in any way for the hazardous attitudes, actions or behaviors of any worker, or
for unsafe working conditions. Furthermore, SiteDocs Safety Corp. assumes no responsibility for any misinformation contained in these resources as they do not supersede provincial or Federal
Regulations. Therefore, it is the user's sole responsibility to become acquainted with the requirements as set forth in the Worker's Compensation Act and the Occupational Health & Safety
Regulation as it relates to their respective industry.

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