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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Planning For A Workplace Emergency

We've added new content to our web site and re-arranged the menus so that topics are grouped together in a more logical way.

The new content includes a long page on the topic of Workplace Emergency Planning. Based on an OSHA booklet, it provides a complete overview of how to get prepared for the unexpected. Trying to figure out how to respond to an emergency, while you are in the middle of the emergency, is not the best approach, and it could lead to unnecessary injury, death or damage to your facility. This article describes how to create a complete emergency response plan.

We have also added the OSHA VPP Fact Sheet to our web site. This is a PDF document put out by OSHS that describes VPP. We left it in the PDF format so that, if needed, you may print good quality copies of this fact sheet.

Labels: Emergency Planning, Safety Training, VPP