Category Archives: COVID-19

05.13.21
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CalOSHA – Programs in Word!

You heard that right – Word format (and one PowerPoint). This means you don’t have to do all of that pesky retyping. Free Word Safety Documents!

Programs include silica, respiratory protection, haz com, haz com for restaurants, COVID-19, etc.

You know what to do:

Silica-exposure-control-model ProgramDownload
Silica-construction-exposure-control Model ProgramDownload
Sample-Respiratory-Protection-ProgramDownload
Sample-Hazcom-ProgramDownload
Restaurant Injury Illness Prevention ProgramDownload
Model Hazard Communication Program for RestaurantsDownload
Model COVID-19 Prevention ProgramDownload
Injury and Illness Prevention Program – Non-High Hazard Employer ProgramDownload
Injury and Illness Prevention Program – High Hazard Employer ProgramDownload
Heat-Illness-Prevention-Training-2015 – PowerPointDownload
Employer Sample Procedures for Heat Illness PreventionDownload
Hotel Housekeeping – Musculoskeletal Injury and Illness Prevention ProgramDownload

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
03.18.20
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COVID-19 – OSHA Reporting

Do you have to report COVID-19 hospitalization to OSHA?

Short answer – yes, you have to report in-patient hospitalizations to OSHA for COVID-19.  Long answer – well, here it is from OSHA:

good bad ugly 2Recording workplace exposures to COVID-19

OSHA recordkeeping requirements at 29 CFR Part 1904 mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log.

COVID-19 can be a recordable illness if a worker is infected as a result of performing their work-related duties. However, employers are only responsible for recording cases of COVID-19 if all of the following are met:

  1. The case is a confirmed case of COVID-19 (see CDC information on persons under investigation and presumptive positive and laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19);
  2. The case is work-related, as defined by 29 CFR 1904.5; and
  3. The case involves one or more of the general recording criteria set forth in 29 CFR 1904.7 (e.g. medical treatment beyond first-aid, days away from work).

Visit OSHA’s Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements page for more information.

03.15.20
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Corona Virus/COVID-19 – Printable Flyers

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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has some nice posters/flyers that can be printed and handed out, or posted for employees and others to see.  They are in various locations on their site, so I searched and THINK I have found them all.  They are below:

 

 

CDC – Flyer – Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease

CDC – Flyer – Stop The Spread of Germs

CDC – Flyer – Stop the Spread of Germs – Spanish

CDC – Flyer – Share Facts About COVID-19

CDC – Flyer – 10 Things you can do to manage your health at home

03.15.20
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Corona Virus Videos – CDC

Hey Everyone

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has a page of videos you can use for information and training.  I could not download, so here is the link:

COVID-19 Videos on CDC Page

Additionally – they have a YouTube Channel with additional videos – Link is here:

CDC – YouTube Channel for COVID-19