Health and Safety
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What is the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
Used to protect the health and safety of employees who can be reasonably expected, as the result of performing their official job duties, to be exposed to potentially infectious material.
What is the Bloodborne Pathogens and Exposure Control Plan?
The federal agency within the United States Department of Labor that sets and enforces standards to ensure safe and healthy working conditions.
What is OSHA?
(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Documents that are required to be reviewed annually and signed by employees prior to engaging in field work activities.
What are Job Hazard Analysis (JHA's) and/or Risk Assessments Worksheets (RWA's)?
Outlines protocols for Supervisors and Work Leaders to account for the location and safety of employees while engaged in activities away from their duty location.
What is the Check-In / Check-Out Program?
The first and immediate assistance given to someone with illness or injury, to preserve life, and prevent the condition from worsening until medical services arrive.
What is First Aid?
The web based program used to report injuries, illnesses, exposures, and accidents that occurs while on duty.
What is eSafety?
Provides guidance to employees who assist in the aid and comfort of an accident victim and their families who helps with paperwork, and ensures the patient is receiving appropriate care.
What is the Hospital Liaison Program?
The primary source of standards for safe and healthful workplace conditions, project inspections, and operational procedures and practices in the Forest Service.
What is the FSH 6709.11 Health and Safety Code Handbook?
These resources are available to employees who are experiencing emotional or phycological distress following a traumatic incident.
What is the Casualty Assistance Program & Critical Incident Stress Management?
Used to define roles and responsibilities and provide a framework of communication that employees can use before, during, and after a critical incident.
What is the Critical Incident Response Plan (CIRP)?
An emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions combined with ventilation, in an effort to manually preserve brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing.
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)?
When an employee becomes seriously ill, injured, or dies in the line of duty, this form is used to make notification to the next of kin as quickly as possible.”
What is an Record of Emergency Data form?
Provides planning and program guidance to ensure the organization can conduct its essential missions and functions under all threats and conditions.
What is the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)?
Two documents that are required during field operations to expedite the evacuation of an inquired person(s).
What is the Medical 8 Line and the Emergency Evacuation Plan?