All employees that are not trained in emergency response and who will not be needed during the response operation should be evacuated from the exclusion and decontamination zones. This aspect of the ERP should be in compliance with 1910.38 as described in Section XII.A.2. CSHOs must use 1910.38 as a model to evaluate the employer’s “evacuation routes and procedures.”
The CSHO shall cite 1910.120(q)(2)(vi) if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) Evacuation routes and procedures are not developed and included in the ERP.
(b) Evacuation routes and procedures do not coincide with the methods developed for emergency alerting and the designation of places of refuge.