Workplace in Crisis: How to Create an Effective Emergency Preparedness Plan - on CD
When it comes to a crisis affecting your workplace, the question is increasingly "when" and not "if."You need to be ready not only to deal with the immediate aftermath of a crisis, such as protecting employees and responding to a myriad of government agencies, but also the fallout that follows - whether it’s damage to your reputation among customers and the public, extensive damage to a facility, operations, and communications, disruption of the supply chain, workers in need of counseling and reassurance, or the need to lawfully set up remote and telecommuting worksites.
And the time – the only time – to prepare is now, before the crisis hits. Join us for an in-depth webinar on February 6 and find out how to get prepared.
You’ll learn:
- How best to perform a comprehensive assessment of potential risks, both natural and manmade
- Proven strategies for establishing an emergency planning team - including who should participate
- The applicable OSHA regulations pertaining to emergency preparedness plans
- The basic elements that must be included in your plan, as well as optional components
- How to ensure that your business recovery strategy is adequately considered and addressed
- A comprehensive plan for employee safety: how best to ensure that everyone is safe and accounted for, including those with limited physical abilities
- How to train emergency preparedness personnel and keep that training up to date with drills and other exercises
Don Dressler of Don Dressler Consulting of Irvine, California has been working with safety recordkeeping for over 15 years as the head of an agricultural trade association's safety and loss control staff and since 2003 as a safety and human resources consultant and attorney. Dressler focuses on safety, employment and human resources issues, accident investigations, OSHA compliance and workers' compensation. He serves as Risk and Safety Consultant to the California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers, Group Safety Manager for the 3,500 members of the Attorneys and Accountants Association safety group sponsored by the American Association of Attorney/Certified Public Accountants and also legal advisor to the California Association of Agricultural Labor, an association of California farm labor contractors.
