Poor workplace environments have historically led to employee injuries or deaths, often due to a “profit before people” mentality, which persists today in many industries, including the funeral profession. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established OSHA to address these issues. This course helps employers and employees understand workplace safety and the importance of developing an OSHA-required emergency action plan to minimize injuries and illness in funeral establishments, covering OSHA’s creation, safe workplace components, and emergency action plan design and implementation.

• Recognize the purpose of an emergency action plan
• State the required components of an organizational emergency action plan
• Recognize other types of information that may be helpful to include in an emergency action plan
• List the types of organizations required to have an emergency action plan
• Understand the importance of training employees on how to respond in an emergency situation
• Recognize the resources that are available to help funeral establishments develop an emergency action plan