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HospitalityAccounting for everyone outside
The evacuation is over. At the assembly area you account for every employee, find out who is missing and where they were last seen, and pass it to the official in charge, so anyone trapped is rescued without delay and no one starts an unnecessary search. It follows the federal rule for emergency action plans, as OSHA explains it in its evacuation eTool.
Free to startScenarios
- An exterior assembly area in a parking lot or open area away from busy streets.
- Visitors and contractors signed in on arrival: the sign-in list helps account for them at the assembly area.
- The incident grows: further evacuation, by sending employees home or taking them to another site.
The steps
- If you are designated to sweep your area, check offices and restrooms before being the last to leave.
- Go to your designated assembly area.
- Take a head count or a roll call.
- Identify the names and last known locations of anyone not accounted for.
- Pass them to the official in charge.
- Account for non-employees too, such as guests, suppliers and visitors.
- Stay out of the way of rescue operations.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Never leave anyone unaccounted for without passing their name and last known location to the official in charge.
To pass
- The plan includes procedures to account for all employees after the evacuation.
- The assembly area has room for every employee and, where possible, is upwind of the building.
- A method exists to account for non-employees, such as suppliers and customers.
Official source
Federal · OSHA eTool, 29 CFR 1910.38
Emergency Action Plan: Evacuation Elements (Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool)
OSHA's evacuation eTool explains, free, the evacuation elements: wardens, routes and exits, critical operations and the head count.
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