Category: Emergency Preparedness and Response

Emergencies can strike anywhere—industrial settings or offices. And when they do, it’s ready-or-not time for employees. How ready are your office workers to deal with an emergency? A recent survey commissioned by Staples.com of small business managers and office workers on office health and safety showed gaps in office workers’ awareness of companies’ safety plans […]

In an emergency, inaction or the wrong actions can result in confusion, injuries, and damage. Today, we look at key aspects of emergency response, including evacuation, sheltering-in-place, and shutting down critical operations. A wide variety of situations, both man-made and natural, could require emergency response in your workplace. For example: Fires Explosions Floods Tornadoes Earthquakes […]

Even though the recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin did not involve work settings, they serve as an important reminder that violence may lurk when and where you least expect it. Although in most workplaces violence is not expected, it can erupt with little or no warning almost anywhere. That’s why you need to be […]

Here’s a report of a real court case involving an assault by one employee on a co-worker. You probably won’t see such cases featured on the evening news, but they happen all the time—and they are incidents of workplace violence that need to be addressed. When Buddy arrived at work that day for the second […]

Disabled employees may need help in the event of a workplace evacuation. The time to plan for their evacuation is now. During a workplace evacuation or fire drill, employees with disabilities should be assisted by one or more assigned designated assistants. It’s the job of designated assistants to help disabled employees to the nearest exit […]