Dealing with Hazardous Material Emergencies

Emergencies involving hazardous materials are among the worst workplace incidents to deal with because the risks are great and accidents can affect both your workers’ physical safety and health.

Emergency Response for Employees

Impress upon your employees that in the event of an emergency involving hazardous materials, they’ll need to be able to respond quickly and effectively.

That means they need to know this information without doubt:

• Emergency phone numbers
• Proper reporting procedures (to whom to report and what to say)
• How to respond to spills
• Proper equipment shutdown procedures
• Evacuation routes and assembly areas outside the facility

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Think about all the other things that need to be done, and done quickly and accurately, in the event of an emergency involving hazardous materials. Talk about all the specifics in safety training sessions. Also review your organization’s emergency plan with their employees to be sure everyone in your facility understands how to report emergencies and evacuate safely in the event of a hazardous materials incident.
 

What Emergency Personnel Need to Know

Only trained, equipped, and authorized personnel should handle large spills/releases or other significant emergencies involving hazardous materials.

Employees who are part of the emergency response team need to know:

• Emergency cleanup and disposal procedures
• Required emergency response PPE
• Proper use of cleanup and emergency equipment
• Fire-fighting, first aid, and other emergency measures

All other employees should simply be required to evacuate the area and stay away until told it’s safe to return.

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