OSHA: Your Role Questions and
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Amy arrives for her shift. When she enter the building, she notices a strange smell. She begins to feel ill. What is the first step Amy should take? ✔✔Leave the building, as it is too dangerous to stay and keep breathing the fumes
The fire alarm goes off. Put the following tasks in the order they should be completed ✔✔1.Follow the evacuation route to exit the building
- Make you way to the evacuation assembly area
- Report to your designated representative
Most of the employees in your company work on the main production floor. There are two maintenance employees who work in the underground portion of the building. The company's sole evacuation plan provides a route for exit through the main floor. Should there be a separate evacuation plan for the maintenance personnel? ✔✔Yes, because the current evacuation plan would force the maintenance workers to take a longer route out
Its important to map out an alternative route to the primary evacuation plan because: ✔✔The primary route may be blocked or inaccessible
What do you need to know before reporting an emergency? ✔✔-The procedure for reporting an emergency -The emergency phone number or radio frequency for reporting
What information do you need to provide when reporting an emergency? ✔✔-Your name -The location you are calling from -The nature of the emergency
You find the evacuation routes: ✔✔-On an evacuation map
-On a floor plan
Your evacuation map displays the evacuation route and the location of emergency equipment
such as: ✔✔-Firefighting equipment
-Eyewash stations -Safety showers
After evacuating the building, you should: ✔✔-Go to the assembly area
-Report to whom you must report -Wait at the assembly point until a headcount is taken
It's important to report to the evacuation assembly area because: ✔✔-A head count is taken to ensure everyone is out of the facility -Emergency personnel will assume you did not evacuate and will launch a search and rescue operation
Mock emergency events are used to: ✔✔-Test the effectiveness of the emergency evacuation plan
-Train employees on emergency response and evacuation plans