Checklist for ESO Facility Preparedness
1. General Facility Safety
- Ensure compliance with 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart E—Exit Routes and Emergency Planning.
2. PPE and Equipment Management
- Provide facilities for decontamination, cleaning, disinfection, and storage of PPE and equipment.
- Install commercial washing machines or extractors for on-site decontamination.
- Provide bagging and storage for contaminated PPE if decontamination is performed off-site.
3. Fire Poles, Slides, and Chutes
- Require responders to maintain contact with fire poles using all extremities.
- Provide landing cushions that:
- Are at least 30 inches in diameter.
- Have a contrasting color to the surrounding floor.
- Are made of impact-absorbing material.
- Secure floor openings for fire poles, chutes, or slides according to 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart D.
4. Fire Protection Systems
- Install, test, and maintain fire detection, suppression, and alarm systems per 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart L.
5. Sleeping and Living Areas
- Install interconnected hard-wired smoke alarms with battery backup in:
- All sleeping areas.
- Nearby locations immediately outside sleeping areas.
- All facility levels, including basements.
- Equip new ESO facilities with automatic sprinkler systems (required for new facilities two years after the final rule is published).
- Install functioning carbon monoxide alarms in all sleeping and living areas.
- Prevent contamination of sleeping and living areas by:
- Using exhaust capture systems, ventilation, or positive air pressure systems.
- Ensuring self-closing doors with weather seals are installed.
- Prohibit wearing or storing contaminated PPE in sleeping and living areas.