[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.35]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_General Safety and Health Provisions
 
Sec.  1926.35  Employee emergency action plans.

    (a) Scope and application. This section applies to all emergency 
action plans required by a particular OSHA standard. The emergency 
action plan shall be in writing (except as provided in the last sentence 
of paragraph (e)(3) of this section) and shall cover those designated 
actions employers and employees must take to ensure employee safety from 
fire and other emergencies.
    (b) Elements. The following elements, at a minimum, shall be 
included in the plan:
    (1) Emergency escape procedures and emergency escape route 
assignments;
    (2) Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate 
critical plant operations before they evacuate;
    (3) Procedures to account for all employees after emergency 
evacuation has been completed;
    (4) Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform 
them;
    (5) The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies; 
and
    (6) Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be 
contacted for further information or explanation of duties under the 
plan.
    (c) Alarm system. (1) The employer shall establish an employee alarm 
system which complies with Sec.  1926.159.
    (2) If the employee alarm system is used for alerting fire brigade 
members, or for other purposes, a distinctive signal for each purpose 
shall be used.
    (d) Evacuation. The employer shall establish in the emergency action 
plan the types of evacuation to be used in emergency circumstances.
    (e) Training. (1) Before implementing the emergency action plan, the 
employer shall designate and train a sufficient number of persons to 
assist in the safe and orderly emergency evacuation of employees.
    (2) The employer shall review the plan with each employee covered by 
the plan at the following times:
    (i) Initially when the plan is developed,
    (ii) Whenever the employee's responsibilities or designated actions 
under the plan change, and
    (iii) Whenever the plan is changed.
    (3) The employer shall review with each employee upon initial 
assignment those parts of the plan which the employee must know to 
protect the employee in the event of an emergency. The written plan 
shall be kept at the workplace and made available for employee review. 
For those employers with 10 or fewer employees the plan may be 
communicated orally to employees and the employer need not maintain a 
written plan.

[58 FR 35083, June 30, 1993]