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According to OSHA,
workplace fires and explosions kill 200 and injure more than 5,000 workers
each year. In 1995, more than 75,000 workplace fires cost businesses more
than $2.3 billion.
This a link
to OSHA resources that provide safety and health information relevant
to fire safety in the workplace.
OSHA Fire Safety
Fact Sheet Highlights
What should employers
do to protect workers from fire hazards?
Employers should train workers about fire hazards in the workplace and
about what to do in a fire emergency. If you want your workers to evacuate,
you should train them on how to escape.
What does OSHA
require for emergency fire exits?
Every workplace must have enough exits suitably located to enable everyone
to get out of the facility quickly. Considerations include the type
of structure, the number of persons exposed, the fire protection available,
the type of industry involved, and the height and type of construction
of the building or structure.
Do employers
have to provide portable fire extinguishers?
No. But if you do, you must establish an educational program to familiarize
your workers with the general principles of fire extinguisher use.
Must employers
develop emergency action plans?
Not every employer is required to have an emergency action plan. OSHA
standards that require such plans include the following:
- Process Safety
Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, 1910.119
- Fixed Extinguishing
Systems, General, 1910.160
- Fire Detection
Systems, 1910.164
- Grain Handling,
1910.272
- Ethylene Oxide,
1910.1047
- Methylenedianiline,
1910.1050
- 1,3 Butadiene,
1910.1051
When required, employers
must develop emergency action plans that:
- Describe the
routes for workers to use and procedures to follow.
- Account for all
evacuated employees.
- Remain available
for employee review.
- Include procedures
for evacuating disabled employees.
- Address evacuation
of employees who stay behind to shut down critical plant equipment.
- Include preferred
means of alerting employees to a fire emergency.
- Provide for an
employee alarm system throughout the workplace.
- Require an alarm
system that includes voice communication or sound signals such as
bells, whistles, or horns.
- Make the evacuation
signal known to employees.
- Ensure emergency
training.
- Require employer
review of the plan with new employees and with all employees whenever
the plan is changed.
Must employers
have a fire prevention plan?
OSHA standards that require fire prevention plans include the following:
- Ethylene Oxide,
1910.1047
- Methylenedianiline,
1910.1050
- 1,3 Butadiene,
1910.1051
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NIOSH Flammable
and Combustible Liquids Self Inspection Checklist
Guidelines: This checklist
covers the storage and use of flammable or combustible liquids in drums
or other containers not exceeding 60 gallons individual capacity. Class
I or Class II liquids in fuel tanks, as well as transient inventories
of paints and varnishes, and storages exceeding 60 gallons are covered
in other checklists.
NIOSH
Checklist of Flammable & Combustible Materials
 Eagle
Manufacturing CLAWS Program is designed as a compliance evaluation
system utilized to promote employee and public safety, property protection
and environmental conservation by specifying approved products that meet
specific federal regulations concerning:
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