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OSHA's Expert System - Am I required to have an emergency action plan (EAP)?
Answer the questions in the box below to determine if you are required to have an emergency action plan (EAP).
 Ask OSHA expert! Computer monitor, tower, and keyboard with an OSHA expert in a hard hat and lab coat on the computer screen with the text above Ask the OSHA expert! A helpful alternative to answer the question: Am I required to have an EAP?

The following questions will help determine the next step in deciding if you are required to have an EAP.

Note: Clicking "Yes" on any of the questions will automatically direct you to the next step.

QUESTION YES NO
Does your facility use a total flooding extinguishing system that provides any one of the following design concentrations:
  • 4% or greater of Halon 1211?
  • 4% or greater of carbon dioxide?
  • 10% or greater of Halon 1301, or concentrations exceeding 7% when egress from an area cannot be accomplished in one minute?
Does your facility use a fire detection system with alarms or devices that are delayed by more than 30 seconds for reasons other than a total flooding extinguishing system listed above?
Are you required to comply with 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management?
Are you required to comply with 29 CFR 1910.272 Grain Handling Facilities?
Are you required to comply with 29 CFR 1910.1047 Ethylene Oxide?
Are you required to comply with 29 CFR 1910.1050 Methylenedianiline?
Are you required to comply with 29 CFR 1910.1051 1,3-Butadiene?
Do you plan to evacuate all of your employees and to rely on an outside party to provide emergency response to a hazardous substance release?

Note: if a hazardous substance emergency could occur at your facility and you plan to have any of your employees participate in the emergency response, you are required to have an emergency response plan consistent with 29 CFR 1910.120(q) (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response).
If the answer to all of these questions is "no", you are not required to develop an emergency action plan (EAP). However, you must comply with all provisions in 29 CFR 1910.157.


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