Monthly Archives: October 2020

10.31.20
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California – Pay Attention (Part 2)

If you are in California, you know that with wildfires, you have to offer your employees masks if the air particulate levels get above 150. And not just any mask, and N-95.

It looks like CalOSHA has bent on that a bit. So here are two guides. 1) who has N-95 masks (although I have found this to be sketchy), plus FINALLY 2) how to get other masks that still ‘count.’ This is a recent change – 9/28/2020.

Also – you can monitor air quality through many different websites, but I find Air Visual works well in looking at large areas on a map, or zooming in.

Download here! Do it now!

Guidance-for-Approval-Non-NIOSH-Respirators-WildfireDownload
List-of-N95-VendorsDownload
10.31.20
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California – Pay Attention!

California has new reporting rules coming out January 1. Well okay, they are out, but, they enact January 1 of 2021.

Here is the link to where they have the info: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/coronavirus/AB6852020FAQs.html

The bill itself was AB685 – Changes to current rules include:

  • Orders Prohibiting Use (OPU): Cal/OSHA can issue an OPU to shut down an entire worksite or a specific worksite area that exposes employees to an imminent hazard related to COVID-19.
  • Citations for serious violations: Cal/OSHA can issue citations for serious violations related to COVID-19 without giving employers 15-day notice before issuance.
  • Employers are now required to notify all employees at a worksite of potential exposures, COVID-19-related benefits and protections, and disinfection and safety measures that will be taken at the worksite in response to the potential exposure.
  • Employers are now required to notify local public health agencies of all workplace outbreaks, which are defined as three or more laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 among employees who live in different households within a two-week period.

Here is the actual bill:

Click here – you only have until 1/1/2021 – Panic in the streets!

AB-685Download
10.31.20
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COVID-19 – Additional Resources

Additional resources and posters for COVID-19. These are from both OSHA and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). These include guides for specific industry, plus posters.

Some good new stuff.

COVID19- Protect Yourself and Others – PosterDownload
COVID-19 – Stop the Spread of Germs PosterDownload
COVID-19 – Reopening Guidance for Cleaning and DisinfectingDownload
COVID-19 – Protect Cleaning StaffDownload
COVID-19 – Please Wear a Mask PosterDownload

COVID-19 – Home Repair ServicesDownload
COVID-19 – Guidance for Restaurants – Dine InDownload
covid-19-auto-service-workers-Download