COVID-19 UPDATE: Examples of Safe Work Practices Using the COVID-19 Hierarchy

PHYSICAL DISTANCING:

• Have only critical workers return to the worksite.
• Adopt staggered hours so that fewer individuals are within the same pre-COVID-19 workspace.
• Encourage off peak time commutes to reduce physical interactions on transit.
• Turn in-person meetings into video meetings or phone calls.

ENGINEERING CONTROLS:

• Put up moveable plexiglass between customer interface locations.
• Make use of physical infrastructure such as ropes, floor dots, and pylons to delineate spaces.
• Use every second location for customer interactions (think retail, financial, grocery locations.)
• Create separation by moving waiting room chairs, changing retail displays, or allowing business by appointment only (closed until open.)
• Direct single point entrance and exit points to encourage single direction traffic.
• Separate workstations to ensure a minimum six feet between employees.
• Turn desks 90 degrees in shared spaces to have side to side interaction between employees.

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS:

• Wash hands frequently and make use of electronic reminders for frequent hand washing.
• Make hand sanitizer available to all in work locations.
• Disinfect high touch surfaces, appoint employees to be responsible, and have a check list.
• Minimize exchange of cash by encouraging the use of debit and credit machines.
• Make use of frequent signage to encourage social distancing, hand washing, cough hygiene etc.
• Encourage higher standards for daily cleaning with your subcontractors.
• Appoint a physical distancing coach who monitors and encourages physical distancing habits.

PPE:

• Encourage anyone in your work space – customers, clients, employees – to wear a cloth mask LEARN MORE

• Save surgical and N95 masks for health care workers or where aerosolized virus can occur.