Requires operational safety plans to require employees to check in before taking action at an incident location; directs the office to make efforts to provide employees with operational safety plans

New safety rules for state parks workers

New York State Parks must develop and approve a safety plan before sending employees into hazardous conditions. Plans must identify hazards, ways to reduce risks, team roles, an on-site supervisor, the chain of command, and emergency contacts. The commissioner or a designee must approve each plan, check employee training, and confirm the operation is essential despite hazardous conditions. Plans must require employees to check in with the incident commander or safety officer before taking any action at the location. This check-in covers procedures for that incident. During responses with other organizations, when State Parks is not the lead agency, it must make reasonable efforts to get employees the incident-specific plan from the lead agency or incident commander. Plans must include evacuation steps when applicable, but those steps no longer must be tailored to each deployment. These rules take effect on the same date and in the same manner as the related 2025 safety-plan law identified as S. 7680-A and A. 6634-A.