OSHA’s new guidance offers important strategies to help employers and workers to respond rapidly in the event of an opioid overdose in the workplace.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a fact sheet to equip employers and workers for rapid responses in case of an opioid-related overdose emergency in the workplace. The new guidance from OSHA provides several important strategies to help employers remain prepared for an opioid overdose as part of President Trump’s Great American Recovery Initiative that prioritizes addiction treatment and recovery.
The strategies include keeping lifesaving FDA-approved reversal medications on hand, treating overdose kits like first aid kits by storing them in visible and easily accessible locations, educating workers on how to identify symptoms of an overdose, and training workers on the actions to take in an emergency.
White House Director of National Drug Control Policy Sara Carter stated, “Because fentanyl has infiltrated the illicit drug landscape and acts as a chemical weapon against our people, it is crucially important that the American workforce is familiar with drug overdose recognition and reversal. I am grateful to the Department of Labor for informing employers and workers about life-saving overdose reversal treatments like naloxone.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling as he oversees the Department of Labor’s efforts to create safe workplaces for Americans.
- For Drug Czar Carter as she supports national efforts to stop the trafficking of illegal drugs in the U.S.
Sources: Department of Labor
