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HospitalityRescue and medical duties
Your role in the emergency action plan is rescue or medical duties. The plan sets the procedures you follow, the employer explains in detail what duties are performed and by whom, and every employee knows what to do in the emergencies the hotel expects. It follows OSHA's federal rule for emergency action plans.
Free to startScenarios
- The hotel relies on local public resources, such as the fire department or the hospital, for rescue and medical services.
- The plan assigns rescue and first aid duties to designated employees.
The steps
- Know whether the plan assigns you rescue or medical duties.
- Know exactly which rescue and first aid duties are yours, as the employer explained them.
- Follow the plan's procedures for employees performing rescue or medical duties.
- Know whether your hotel calls on the local fire department or hospital for these services.
- Ask the person named in the plan if you need an explanation of your duties.
- Review the plan again with your employer when your duties under it change.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Every employee is told what actions to take in the emergencies the employer expects in the workplace.
To pass
- The plan includes procedures for employees performing rescue or medical duties.
- OSHA's nonmandatory appendix asks the employer to explain in detail what rescue and medical first aid duties are performed, and by whom.
- The plan gives the name or job title of who can explain each employee's duties.
Official source
Federal · OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.38
29 CFR 1910.38, Emergency action plans
GovInfo publishes 29 CFR 1910.38 free: the procedures for rescue and medical duties, with the nonmandatory appendix that explains them.
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