ABSTRACT

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires covered entities to develop a written re prevention plan. Employers must maintain the plan in the workplace and make it available for employee review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan requirements orally to the employees. A re prevention plan must include a list of all major re hazards, proper handling and storage procedures for hazardous materials, potential ignition sources and their control, and the type of re protection equipment necessary to control each major hazard. e plan must also detail procedures for controlling accumulations of ammable and combustible waste materials. e plan must outline procedures used to ensure the regular maintenance of safeguards installed on heat-producing equipment to prevent the accidental ignition of combustible materials. e plan must contain the name or job title of employees responsible for maintaining equipment to prevent or control sources of ignition or res. It also must contain the name or job title of employees responsible for the control of fuel source hazards. Employers must inform employees on initial job assignment information about re hazard exposures in the workplace. e employer must also review with each employee all information in the re prevention plan that addresses self-protection.