Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) incident monitoring shows an increase in COVID-19 exposure with the failure of controls in workplace common areas. What can you do? Have your safety representative conduct a hazard assessment and control to consider things like:
When a hazard cannot be eliminated, it needs to be controlled. Be sure to follow the standardized hierarchy of controls that must be followed: 1. first choice – engineering controls (e.g. plexiglass barriers) 2. second choice – administrative controls (e.g. staggering break times) 3. third choice – personal protective equipment (PPE) (e.g. gloves, face shields, respirators). Don't forget, all employers need to have procedures for rapid response if or when workers show symptoms or test positive for COVID-19.
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