Every employer must maintain an Emergency Action Plan. The Emergency Action Plan standard requires you to maintain a plan for handling emergencies, including evacuating employees, providing emergency medical attention and reporting emergencies to employees and community agencies.1

Creating a Written Emergency Action Plan

If you have more than 10 employees, you must create a written Emergency Action Plan. The Emergency Action Plan form can help you document your program. Your plan must specify:

The people responsible for implementing the plan or portions of the plan;
How to communicate emergencies to employees;
Fire and emergency evacuation policies; and
The personnel assigned to provide first aid and emergency medical attention.

Written Plan Exemption

Although you are exempt from the written plan requirement if you employ 10 or fewer employees, you are still obligated to have a plan for handling emergencies. However, the plan can be verbally communicated to employees.

Emergency Action Plan

Emergency Action Plan Training Requirements

Train employees when you establish or change your plan and when you hire new employees. Conduct emergency training and drills periodically. You can use the Initial Safety Training Certificate form to document training sessions.

Initial Safety Training Certificate

Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

Recordkeeping is required for your IIPP, and you must follow the IIPP requirements should an incident occur.

1. 8 CCR sec. 3220

Creating a Workplace Safety Plan