Emergency Action Plan
An OSHA-required written plan covering how a workplace, including a jobsite, handles emergencies, evacuation routes and procedures, a designated assembly point, and who's specifically responsible for accounting for all workers once everyone reaches it.
Why it matters
Knowing where to evacuate to only solves half the problem, without someone specifically assigned to account for every worker at the assembly point, a jobsite has no reliable way to know whether everyone actually made it out during an actual emergency.
On a real project
A jobsite's emergency action plan names a specific supervisor as responsible for checking a daily sign-in sheet against everyone present at the assembly point after any evacuation, rather than leaving headcount to informal observation.
Who this matters most to
A Safety Manager develops the plan and runs regular drills so the evacuation routes and accountability procedure are second nature before a real emergency ever happens.
Where this goes wrong
A fire breaks out in a temporary jobsite trailer, and no one has actually been assigned to account for workers at the designated assembly point. Several minutes pass before anyone realizes a worker is unaccounted for, exactly the gap an emergency action plan's accountability procedure exists to close.