Environmental Emergency Procedures

1. If the situation is an emergency, first notify Emergency Response Personnel via campus phone at x9911 or via outside phone or mobile at 911.
2. Notify OTC Safety & Security via campus phone at x6911 or via outside phone or mobile at (417) 447-6911.
3. Notify the Coordinator of Environmental Safety & Compliance via campus phone at x8248 or via outside phone or mobile at (417) 447-8248.
4. Provide for personal safety by avoiding exposure.

Hazardous material accidents can occur on campus or in the adjacent areas and could impact the college campus. Local media will broadcast warnings over radio and television to communicate that a hazardous material incident has occurred. The National Weather Service will broadcast similar warnings over NOAA weather alert radios (each Safety & Security officer has a NOAA weather alert radio).  Information Technology may broadcast information over the colleges intranet.

There are two strategies for protecting people during hazardous material emergencies:

1. Sheltering-in-Place: Everyone stays inside the building they are in until the ALL CLEAR is given.  For more information see Appendix C: Emergency Preparedness Plan for Sheltering-in-Place.
2. Evacuation: Everyone evacuates the affected building(s) and or area.

In each individual instance, local authorities will advise which action to take.
Safety & Security will monitor local news media and NOAA weather alert radios and will advise personnel on any changes in the situation to the extent possible as personal safety, time and capabilities permit. Safety & Security will also announce the ALL CLEAR when declared by local authorities.

1. Notify co-workers, instructor, supervisors, etc. in the immediate area of the spill.
2. Evacuate the area.
3. If the situation is an emergency, first notify Emergency Response Personnel via campus phone at x9911 or via outside phone or mobile at 911.
4. Notify OTC Safety & Security.
   Springfield Campus, Branson Center and Waynesville Center (417) 447-6911
   Richwood Valley Campus (417) 447-7860
   Lebanon Center (417)343-1430
5. Notify the Coordinator of Environmental Safety & Compliance via campus phone at x8248 or via outside phone or mobile at (417) 447-8248.

Chemical emergencies occur in the event of a hazardous material incident inside of a building (laboratory, maintenance or physical plant operations).

Personnel that are involved with any laboratory experiment or process should take steps to stop the process or experiment to prevent additional accidents.

Personnel in the immediate area of the chemical accident will evacuate the area.  They should leave the area immediately, closing, but not locking, any doors as they leave.  Any occupant that comes into contact with someone with mobility impairment should, to the extent possible as personal safety, time and capabilities permit, attempt to assist the person out of the building and to safety, (see Appendix B: Procedures for Evacuating Mobility Impaired Staff, Student or Visitor).

Maintenance personnel should be notified to shut down HVAC for the building to prevent the spread of chemical gasses through the cooling/ heating system.