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## Chapter 11 ## IMMINENT DANGER, FATALITY, CATASTROPHE, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE ## 1. IMMINENT DANGER SITUATIONS - a. GENERAL - 1. Definition -NAC 618.6413 -'Imminent danger means the existence of any condition or practice in a workplace which could reasonably be expected immediately to cause death or serious physical harm to any employee if operations were to proceed in the workplace or if employees were to enter it before the condition or practice is eliminated." - 2. Conditions - The following conditions must be present in order for a hazard to be considered an imminent danger: - A. Death or serious harm must be threatened; AND - B. Most likely, a serious accident would occur immediately OR, if not immediately then before abatement was completed. - NOTE: For a health hazard, exposure to the toxic substance or other hazard must cause harm to such a degree as to shorten life, be immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH), or cause substantial reduction in physical or mental efficiency or health, even though the resulting harm may not manifest itself immediately. ## b. PRE-INSPECTION PROCEDURES - 1. Imminent Danger Report Received by the Field - A. After the DM or designee receives a report of imminent danger, he/she will evaluate the inspection requirements and assign a CSHO to conduct the inspection. - B. Make every effort to open the imminent danger inspection on the same day the District Office received the report. In any case, open the inspection no later than the day after the receiving the report. - C. When an immediate inspection cannot be made, the DM or designee will contact the employer immediately, obtain as many pertinent details as possible about the situation, and attempt to have any employee(s) affected by the imminent danger voluntarily removed, if necessary. - · A record of what steps, if any, the employer intends to take in order to eliminate the danger will be included in the case file. - · This notification is considered an advance not…

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - (i) Emergency escape procedures and emergency escape route assignments; - (ii) Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant operations before they evacuate; - (iii) Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuation has been completed; - (iv) Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform them; - (v) The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies; and - (vi) Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be contacted for further information or explanation of duties under the plan. - (c) Alarm systems. You must establish an employee alarm system which complies with WAC [redacted identifier]. The employee alarm system must provide warning for necessary emergency action as called for in your emergency action plan. The employee alarm must be distinctive and recognizable as a signal to perform actions designed under the emergency action plan. - (d) Evacuation. You must establish in the emergency action plan the types of evacuation to be used in emergency circumstances. ## (e) Training. - (i) Before implementing the emergency action plan, you must designate and train a sufficient number of persons to assist in the safe and orderly emergency evacuation of employees. - (ii) The employer must review the plan with each employee covered by the plan at the following times: - (A) Initially when the plan is developed; - (B) Whenever the employee's responsibilities or designated actions under the plan change; and - (C) Whenever the plan is changed. - (iii) You must review with each employee upon initial assignment those parts of the plan which the employee must know to protect the employee in the event of an emergency. You must keep the written plan at the workplace and m…

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (1) Emergency response plan. An emergency response plan shall be developed and implemented to handle anticipated emergencies prior to the commencement of emergency response operations. The plan shall be in writing and available for inspection and copying by employees, their representatives and OSHA personnel. Employers who will evacuate their employees from the danger area when an emergency occurs, and who do not permit any of their employees to assist in handling the emergency, are exempt from the requirements of this paragraph if they provide an emergency action plan in accordance with 1910.38(a) of this part. - (2) Elements of an emergency response plan. The employer shall develop an emergency response plan for emergencies which shall address, as a minimum, the following to the extent that they are not addressed elsewhere: - (i) Pre-emergency planning and coordination with outside parties. - (ii) Personnel roles, lines of authority, training, and communication. - (iii) Emergency recognition and prevention. - (iv) Safe distances and places of refuge. - (v) Site security and control. - (vi) Evacuation routes and procedures. - (vii) Decontamination. - (viii) Emergency medical treatment and first aid. - (ix) Emergency alerting and response procedures. - (x) Critique of response and follow-up. - (xi) PPE and emergency equipment. - (xii) Emergency response organizations may use the local emergency response plan or the state emergency response plan or both, as part of their emergency response plan to avoid duplication. Those items of the emergency response plan that are being properly addressed by the SARA Title III plans may be substituted into their emergency plan or otherwise kept together for the employer and employee's use. - (3) Procedures for handling emergency response. Note: 1910.38 is now OAR [redacted phone].