Crisis Plans and Response: Legal Duties When Accidents or Fatalities Occur

摘要

This year alone in the United States, 40 workers died on the job (as of March 16, 2015). There were 311 fatalities reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") (through February 14, 2015), and nine fatalities reported to the Mine Safety and Health Administration ("MSHA") (through March 16, 2015). It is the call that everyone hopes never occurs. But too often it does. A crisis has begun, either an employee injury, a fatality, an explosion, even a natural disaster. Everything stops and crisis management begins. In the context of the workplace, it is imperative that proper planning has been undertaken prior to the crisis to minimize impact and ultimately save lives.