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Emergency action plan training
Under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.38(f), the training is a review: the employer reviews its emergency action plan with each employee it covers: when the plan is made or the person is first assigned, when their duties under it change, and when the plan changes. Clear the Floor does it as a 25-minute game on your own floor plan: report it, walk out from your own desk, get counted. Passing the quiz (6 of 8) gives a record of completion.
Supports the plan review under 29 CFR 1910.38(f).
Not an OSHA card. This is not the OSHA 10- or 30-hour Outreach program, and OSHA does not issue bloodborne pathogens, hazard communication or emergency action plan certificates.
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What the standard requires
OSHA’s emergency action plan standard, 29 CFR 1910.38, applies when another OSHA standard requires an emergency action plan; for example, the portable fire extinguisher standard (1910.157) when employees are to evacuate rather than fight a fire. Check which standards apply to your workplace.
The plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace and available to employees; an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate it orally (1910.38(b)). It must include at least the six elements in 1910.38(c), an employee alarm system (1910.38(d)) and enough trained people to help others evacuate (1910.38(e)).
Paraphrased from 29 CFR 1910.38. Read the full text on eCFR.
Who must be trained, and how often
- Who: each employee the plan covers (1910.38(f)).
- When the plan is developed or when an employee is first assigned to a job (1910.38(f)(1)).
- When responsibilities change: when an employee’s actions or duties under the plan change (1910.38(f)(2)).
- When the plan changes (1910.38(f)(3)). The standard sets no fixed yearly schedule; many employers review the plan every year as their own policy.
What records must be kept
29 CFR 1910.38 does not set a record-keeping rule or a retention period for the plan review. A dated record is still the simplest way to show that each person reviewed the plan.
Clear the Floor gives each person who passes the quiz (6 of 8) “Emergency Action Plan Review — Record of Completion” with their name, the date, the plan version and the score. The report adds, per person, the desk they started from, the time to the exit and to the assembly point and the exit used, plus a summary per site and a “plan reviewed with employees” PDF.
What the game covers, element by element
| Section | What it asks for | Where in Clear the Floor |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.38(c)(1) | How to report a fire or other emergency | Report it: the alarm sounds; raise it and call the number your plan gives. |
| 1910.38(c)(2) | Evacuation procedures and exit route assignments | Your way out: from the person’s own desk, past a locked door, a door that is not an exit, the elevator and a blocked corridor, on your floor plan. |
| 1910.38(c)(3) | Procedures for employees who stay to operate critical operations before they evacuate | Who stays: only when your plan has critical operations. |
| 1910.38(c)(4) | How everyone is accounted for after an evacuation | Get counted: at your assembly point, with your warden; nobody goes back in. |
| 1910.38(c)(5) | Procedures for employees who perform rescue or medical duties | Rescue: a colleague feels faint; find the AED and first-aid kit on your plan. |
| 1910.38(c)(6) | The name or job title of the people to contact for more about the plan | Who to ask: your plan contact, on the end screen and the desk card. |
| 1910.38(f) | Reviewing the plan with each employee it covers | The whole game: each person walks your plan; the record and the “plan reviewed with employees” PDF. |
About 25 minutes, on a laptop or a phone, with a shared clock and head count. Every desk on your plan is checked for two ways out before the game goes live.
Fire extinguisher training (1910.157(g))
A learn card inside Clear the Floor: pull, aim, squeeze, sweep, and when to leave instead. Where an employer provides portable extinguishers for employees to use, 29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1)–(2) asks for education on their use and on the hazards of fighting an early-stage fire, at hire and at least yearly.
The card is that education in short. Hands-on practice for employees designated to use extinguishers (1910.157(g)(3)–(4)) is not covered online.
The full extinguisher stage is an add-on (+$400 per site).
Ladder safety (1910.23)
A learn card inside Clear the Floor: choosing, inspecting, setting up and climbing a ladder, following the ladder rules of 29 CFR 1910.23.
Under 29 CFR 1910.30(b)(1), employers train each employee who uses ladders in their proper care, inspection, storage and use before they use them. The card is the basics; training on your own ladders and tasks stays yours.
Both are learn cards inside Clear the Floor, not separate games. The product page: Clear the Floor, the emergency evacuation training game.
What the game does not cover
- Your written plan. The game is built from it; writing and updating it is yours.
- The alarm system (1910.38(d)) and drills in your building.
- Training the people who lead the evacuation (1910.38(e)): wardens appear in the game, but their own role training is not part of it.
- Extinguisher use unless you add the extinguisher stage (only when employees are expected to use extinguishers).
What you give us
- Your floor plan: a PNG, a JPG or a one-page PDF, with the exits, extinguishers, first-aid kit, AED, assembly point and wardens marked in about 5 minutes.
- Your plan’s details: your wardens (name and title), the plan contact, the number to call (911 by default), your alarm signals and the plan’s version and date. You type every name.
- Your brand: logo and colors, read from your website and checked by you.
- More sites: one floor plan per site.
Price
Prices in US dollars.
Single seat
$29
One person, one game: Clean Hands (bloodborne pathogens) or Label Reader (HazCom). A completion certificate when you pass; checkout by card, only an email address needed. A single seat uses the industry example set, not your workplace’s own list, and the certificate says so.
Pair
$49
One person, both games: bloodborne pathogens and HazCom, a certificate for each.
Practice or team
from $349/yr
The Practice Compliance Pass: four games, $29 per staff member per year, minimum $349 per practice, with your own chemical list, the dashboard, due dates and the roster. The Practice Compliance Pass
For one organization, Clear the Floor in your brand: setup, branded $500 once per site, then $19 per person, from $199 per run. Running it again costs the per-person price only.
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A sample record of completion and the roster
Sample: a fictional practice and person
Emergency Action Plan Review — Record of Completion
- Name
- Jane Doe
- Job title
- Front desk coordinator
- Practice
- Bayside Family Dental (fictional)
- Date
- November 3, 2026
- Score
- 7 / 8 (passed)
- Contents
- Emergency action plan review and evacuation exercise: reporting, exit routes, accounting for everyone, rescue and the plan contact (29 CFR 1910.38(c)), plan version 2.1
- Trainer of record
- named on your certificate
- Edition
- Clear the Floor, 2026
The roster
One row per person: the job title, the date completed, the score, the trainer of record and the next due date, with a summary at the top. Export as CSV or PDF.
| Name (sample) | Job title | Completed | Score | Next due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Doe | Office manager | Nov 3, 2026 | Passed | Nov 3, 2027 |
| John Doe | Coordinator | Nov 4, 2026 | Passed | Nov 4, 2027 |
| Sam Doe | Assistant | — | — | Not started |
Sample only: Bayside Family Dental, Jane Doe, John Doe and Sam Doe are made up. The data we keep: staff names, job titles, scores and dates; no patient information is ever stored.
Questions
Does every workplace need an emergency action plan?
Not by 29 CFR 1910.38 alone: it applies when another OSHA standard requires a plan, for example the portable fire extinguisher standard (1910.157) when employees evacuate rather than fight a fire. Check which standards apply to you.
How often must we review the plan with employees?
When the plan is developed or an employee is first assigned to a job, when an employee’s responsibilities under the plan change, and when the plan changes (1910.38(f)). There is no fixed yearly schedule in the standard; many employers review it every year as their own policy.
Does it count toward our emergency action plan training?
It supports your training requirement under 29 CFR 1910.38(f), reviewing the plan with each employee. The record shows that each person reviewed your plan and walked the exercise; it does not replace your written plan or drills in the building.
What do we need to provide?
Your floor plan as an image or a one-page PDF, with the exits, extinguishers, first-aid kit, AED, assembly point and wardens marked in about 5 minutes, plus your plan’s details: the wardens’ names and titles, the plan contact, the number to call and your alarm signals.
What does it cost?
Setup, branded: $500 once per site. Then $19 per person, from $199 per run. For a dental or medical practice it is included in the Practice Compliance Pass ($29 per staff member per year, minimum $349 per practice).
Is there fire extinguisher training online?
Clear the Floor includes a fire extinguisher learn card (pull, aim, squeeze, sweep, and when to leave instead), and the extinguisher stage as an add-on. That is the education part of 29 CFR 1910.157(g); hands-on practice for employees designated to use extinguishers is not covered online.
Do you cover ladder safety training?
As a learn card inside Clear the Floor: choosing, inspecting, setting up and climbing a ladder. 29 CFR 1910.30(b)(1) asks for training on the care, inspection, storage and use of ladders before employees use them; training on your own ladders and tasks stays yours.
Does finishing the game cover everything the rule asks of us?
No. Your organization, as the employer, remains responsible for its emergency action plan: writing it and keeping it current, the alarm system, designating and training the people who help others evacuate, and any drills you run in the building. The game delivers and records the training part.
Can we try it first?
Yes. Type your website at the top of this page to see a free 5-minute game in your logo and colors, or play the demo of a game (it opens the game itself). Harborview Software and Bayside Family Dental are companies we made up to show the games.
Does OSHA certify trainers or issue certificates?
No. OSHA does not certify trainers, and it does not issue bloodborne pathogens, hazard communication or emergency action plan certificates. Under these standards the employer trains its employees and keeps the records; a certificate of completion from a course shows that the training happened. The only OSHA cards are those of the voluntary Outreach Training Program (10- and 30-hour courses taught by trainers OSHA has authorized); this is not that program.
Your program stays yours. Your organization, as the employer, remains responsible for its emergency action plan: writing it and keeping it current, the alarm system, designating and training the people who help others evacuate, and any drills you run in the building.
Supports the plan review under 29 CFR 1910.38(f). The regulations on this page are paraphrased; read the full text before you rely on it. This page is general information, not legal advice. Based on OSHA emergency action plan requirements (29 CFR 1910.38). ReMotivator is not affiliated with or endorsed by OSHA or the U.S. Department of Labor.
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