4.1 Worker Headcounts
On the morning of the incident, Goodyear
erroneously accounted for all its workers
and declared an end to the emergency.
Hours later, workers discovered the
victim buried in the rubble near the
ruptured vessel. Her absence had not
been noted due to lack of training and
drills on worker headcounts.
Companies should conduct worker
headcount drills that implement their
emergency response plans on a facilitywide
basis. Company procedures must
account for breakdowns in automated
worker tracking systems to ensure that all
workers inside a facility can be quickly
accounted for in an emergency. Drills that
simulate such malfunctions should be
conducted to verify that all lines of
responsibility and alternate verification
techniques will account for workers in a
real situation.