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High-hazard work sites require emergency action plans consistent with the risks currently present, and likely to be created, at the worksite. The plan contains procedures and specifies resources for scenarios that may arise on the site.

These are emergency situations that can occur on high-risk worksites:

• Major injuries to workers, visitors or the public
• Spills or release of chemicals
• Fire and explosion
• Structural failure
• Incidents involving vehicles and moving equipment
• Crane and lifting equipment failure
• Trench and excavation collapse
• Extreme weather conditions and natural disasters such as tornados, floods, or extremes of hot or cold temperatures
• Bomb threats and active shooter events

The Emergency Action Plans Focused Observation assesses the project-level planning requirements, resources, and quality of site communications. These elements are necessary to establish an effective site emergency plan.

The Critical Role of the Contractor Management Process Sponsor 

If you want a company initiative, program, or process to be successful, it needs support up and down the organization. This article is about the critical role of the Contractor Management Process Sponsor. It explains how the Sponsor guides and supports the contractor management process and the stakeholders that make it run.

The Business Process Glossary defines the process sponsor as the person responsible for the entire process. The individual monitors the process as a whole and its inputs and outcomes.

In contractor management, the sponsor provides feedback and helps department leaders manage specific sub-processes or activities in their areas of responsibility. Access to the C-Suite is critical to the long-term success of contractor management. Therefore, the sponsor is typically a company executive, senior manager, or team leader.

An effective Sponsor shapes the process and the organization while moving the short a...