Clause 8.2: Emergency preparedness and response
The organization sets up, runs and keeps the processes it needs to get ready for, and respond to, possible emergencies identified under 6.1.2.1.
What clause 8.2 asks
The organization sets up, runs and keeps the processes it needs to get ready for, and respond to, possible emergencies identified under 6.1.2.1. This includes: setting a planned response, first aid included; training people in that response; testing and exercising the capability to respond at intervals; assessing how the response performed and revising it after tests and after real emergencies; telling workers what their duties and responsibilities are; passing relevant information, as appropriate, to contractors, visitors, emergency services, government authorities and the local community; and, when the planned response is developed, taking account of what every relevant interested party needs and is able to do. Documented information on the processes and the plans is kept.
Emergency planning has to cover the scenarios the hazard identification actually found, not a generic fire drill. The clause requires testing, evaluation, revision and communication beyond the workforce.
Draft 8.2 Emergency preparedness and response, from clause 8.2. The public summaries report that emergency preparedness must include personal emergency evacuation plans for people with disabilities and limitations, and that the diversity of workers must be considered.
Evidence for clause 8.2
An auditor will compare the emergency scenarios with the hazard register, and ask what changed after the last exercise.
- Emergency preparednessEmergency plans per identified scenario including first aid
- Emergency preparednessDrill and exercise records with evaluations
- Emergency preparednessRevisions to plans after drills and real events
- Emergency preparednessTraining records for response roles
- Emergency preparednessCommunication to contractors, visitors and external services
Where clause 8.2 commonly fails
- Plans cover fire only, not the scenarios identified in hazard identification
- Drills held but never evaluated or used to revise the plan
- Visitors and contractors not covered
What to do about clause 8.2 before the revision
Map each identified scenario to a plan and a drill. Add personal evacuation plans for workers and visitors who need them. Invite contractors and the emergency services to the next exercise. Record the evaluation and the revision it caused.
What the record shows for clause 8.2
An auditor working on clause 8.2 will start with Emergency plans per identified scenario including first aid. The failure this record sees most often is Plans cover fire only, not the scenarios identified in hazard identification. Both are carried into the kit as row 32, with an owner field and a dated action.
Read across from clause 8.2
Read the next clause in the group, or open the full index. The revision map shows the draft structure.
Source for clause 8.2: ISO 45001:2018, clause 8.2, retrieved 18 October 2026. The draft note rests on the public DIS contents and the two named summaries; the requirement, evidence and gaps are written from the held clause record. Every source.