What are OSHA's Requirements for Emergencies?

How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations

What is a Workplace Emergency?

Some of the key OSHA requirements for emergencies can be found in the following sections of the agency's General Industry Occupational Safety and Health Standards ( 29 CFR 1910).

Subpart E - Means of Egress

1910.37 Means of egress

1910.38 Employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans

Appendix Means of egress

Subpart H - Hazardous Materials

1910.119 Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals

1910.120 Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

Subpart I - Personal Protective Equipment

1910.133 Eye and face protection

1910.134 Respiratory protection

1910.135 Occupational head protection

1910.136 Occupational foot protection

1910.138 Hand protection

Subpart J - General Environmental Controls

1910.146 Permit-required confined spaces

1910.147 Control of hazardous energy sources

Subpart K - Medical and First Aid

1910.151 Medical services and first aid

Subpart L - Fire Protection

1910.155-156 Fire protection and fire brigades

1910.157-163 Fire suppression equipment

1910.164 Fire detection systems

1910.165 Employee alarm systems

Appendices A-E of Subpart L

Subpart R - Special Industries, Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution

Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances

1910.1030 Bloodborne pathogens

1910.1200 Hazard communication