by Jbs122308h3 — December 26, 2008—”Protecting Worker Safety and Health Under the National Response Framework” is the subject of a new QuickCard posted to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Web site.
Following a disaster, OSHA often serves as the coordinating agency when federal, state, tribal, and local assets are overwhelmed and assistance is needed to protect employees during an emergency. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can activate OSHA to coordinate the federal worker safety and health resources and technical assistance.
The card describes what these services can include, such as assessing worker health and safety hazards at the incident site; assessing the resources needed to protect workers; providing technical expertise in industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, structural collapse engineering, safety engineering, biological and chemical agent response, etc.; and more.
