OK, so really we need two emergency contacts. One for site and one for
personal.

Dave Lane
CSO
Artisyn Laboratories

On 8/11/23 8:44 AM, Jeffrey Lewin wrote:
> "On a related note, what function should an emergency contact fulfill?
> and how should one go about selecting someone to be an emergency contact?"
>
> In an ideal world, the emergency contact should have knowledge of the
> activities in the lab as well as have the authority to make decisions if it
> is necessary to alter laboratory operations.
>
> Since we are an academic institution, on our Emergency Response Posters at
> laboratory entrances we recommend they post the following individuals: PI
> or laboratory supervisor; departmental CHO or Safety Officer; department
> Chair. While some of those individuals may not have the knowledge of the
> activities taking place at that specific moment, they should at least have
> general knowledge of the labs activities, know who to contact in the lab to
> get more information, and have the authority to make decisions on
> laboratory operations if required.
>
> As for secondary contacts we encourage the lab to prominently post inside
> the room additional lab contact information (graduate students, lead
> undergraduates working in the lab, etc)..
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:18 AM davivid <davivid**At_Symbol_Here**well.com> wrote:
>
>> On a related note, what function should an emergency contact fulfill?
>> and how should one go about selecting someone to be an emergency contact?
>>
>> Dave Lane
>> CSO
>> Artisyn Laboratories
>>
>> On 8/9/23 3:37 PM, Ralph Stuart wrote:
>>> This is an especially good reminder before the ACS national meeting and
>> with the incoming undergraduate and graduate students who will be working
>> in research settings. It’s associated with a Lesson Learned story, which is
>> not hard to imagine in any of these settings.
>>>
>>> - Ralph
>>>
>>> Keep All Your Emergency Contacts Information Current
>>>
>>> LLNL needs to be able to quickly contact and effectively communicate
>> with employee emergency contacts. In some instances, important
>> communications could not be made when needed because emergency contact
>> information was not in LAPIS or the information in LAPIS was outdated.
>>>
>>> Incomplete or outdated emergency contact information can delay and even
>> prevent important communications about your status. While the inability to
>> communicate does not necessarily prevent immediate emergency care, it does
>> interfere with a family’s ability to respond to the situation.
>>>
>>> Even when your emergency contact information is correct, there are two
>> additional challenges to completing these notifications when the calls are
>> made:
>>>
>>> • People have the habit of not answering incoming calls from
>> unknown numbers/callers. A December 2020 survey cited in a USA Today
>> article noted that, due to the prevalence of robocalls and scam calls, 94%
>> of people let unidentified incoming calls go unanswered (up from 72% the
>> year before).
>>>
>>> • There is no one LLNL phone number or set of LLNL phone numbers
>> that can be made into a known caller by entering them into a phone’s
>> directory. LLNL personnel make these calls using the phone available to
>> them at that time and location. Caller ID will identify the number of the
>> incoming call, but it will not identify any of these numbers as an LLNL
>> number or an LLNL emergency notification.
>>>
>>> Objectives of these recommended actions:
>>>
>>> • Increase the likelihood that LLNL’s call will be answered so LLNL
>> can speak directly with one of your
>>> emergency contacts as quickly as possible.
>>>
>>> • Allow LLNL to provide some guidance to the first contact reached
>> (e.g., if an alternate contact is the first person reached, that contact
>> will need to know who the primary contact is as well as other alternate
>> contacts).
>>>
>>> Primary assumption: When any one of your emergency contacts calls any of
>> your other emergency contacts, that call has a high probability of being
>> answered. Inform your emergency contacts that you identified them as your
>> emergency contact and encourage them to at least check their voice mail
>> after not answering a call from an unknown caller.
>>>
>>> Keeping the objectives and the primary assumption in mind:
>>>
>>> • Identify as many emergency contacts as practical (LAPIS allows at
>> least 15). In addition to having the authority to make decisions on your
>> behalf if necessary, factors to consider include
>>> • The probability that the contact will answer a call from a
>> caller/number they do not recognize. The greater the probability the call
>> will be answered, the better.
>>> • The probability that a contact will answer a call from any of
>> your other contacts.
>>> • Whether a contact is known to most/all of your other contacts
>> and is likely to have the correct contact information for most/all of your
>> other contacts.
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