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The article provides information on the emergency action plan to address catastrophic incidents. It states that U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) requires every organization to have an emergency action plan that should contain means of reporting fires and other emergencies, rescue and medical duties, and evacuation procedures. Further, it discusses several studies on disaster preparedness.

The article offers information on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region 2, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virginia Island. It states that OSHA deals with safety and health needs in construction or general industry. It mentions that the agency's role is to assist safety officers in keeping emergency responders safe. It presents that Puerto Rico operates an OSHA plan, which enforces regulations in public and private sectors.

The article reports on the move by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to seek for input on emergency response and preparedness for first responders in fires and medical and rescue situations . According to OSHA administrator Edwin G. Foulke Jr., the request is aimed to gather information on current thinking and practices.

The article focuses on the photographs in the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report "Disaster preparedness: Better planning would improve OSHA's efforts to protect workers' safety and health in disasters." The photographs were used to illustrate some of the unsafe work practices observed in the Gulf Coast region after the Hurricane Katrina struck. GAO questioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's overall readiness to keep Katrina workers safe.

The article focuses on several requirements from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the proper maintenance of emergency exits and exit routes including the arrangement of exit routes, the installment of exit signs with clear, legible letters and the renewal of fire-retardant paints or solutions.

The article reports on the disagreement between the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency about which agency is in charge of providing safety and health assistance to disaster response and recovery workers following Hurricane Katrina delayed some of OSHA's efforts. It reveals that some federal agencies lack awareness about OSHA's role in a disaster.