Library: Policy
OKDHS:2-15-41. Definitions
Revised 9-15-07
The following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Emergency operations plan" means the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) plan for continuing operations that each office or facility develops and maintains with information unique to that location. The OKDHS emergency operations plan is maintained by the Information Security Office on the InfoNet on the Information Security Web site.
"Hazard" means any existing or potential condition that can cause injury, illness, death of personnel, damage to or loss of equipment or property, or mission degradation.
"Mitigation" means activities that prevent the occurrence of an emergency or reduce the adverse impact of an emergency on a person, office, or facility.
"Preparedness" means activities and measures taken in advance to ensure effective response to the impact of hazards and includes:
- (A) training;
- (B) issuing timely and effective warnings; and
- (C) temporarily evacuating people and property from threatened locations.
"Risk" means a measure of the probability that damage to life, health, or property will occur as a result of a given hazard.
"Safety coordinator" means the person designated to conduct safety and health activities in the workplace to ensure that preparedness and mitigation activities are ongoing in the office or facility.
