COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS PLAN | SAFETY POLICIES & PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
What YOU should do • Keep your distance per CDC guidelines, which as of this writing is set at a six (6) foot minimum between people. • Keep your safety gear on at all times (gloves, mask, and goggles), especially when in confined spaces (shanty, hoist). • Do not touch your face. • Communicate - We can only address the conditions that we are aware of. Workers must communicate with their supervisor immediately upon seeing safety protocols (listed above) not being followed. • No sharing of food, drink, cell phones, towels, personal tools at any time. • Workers must properly clean after eating and / or using the restroom facilities. Properly clean surfaces with disinfectant and dispose of items in the garbage. • Prior to leaving the job site, all garbage in the common area(s) and changing room(s) should be properly removed and disposed of in a debris container. • Respiratory etiquette includes covering your coughs and sneezes with your elbow. • Ensure that the shanty or room is left unlocked and accessible for cleaning crews. Secure valuables accordingly and organize your items properly. • If a worker is injured, don’t touch the injured worker - call the foreman, who will call 911 and have the EMT personnel attend to the injured worker. The foreman will follow the cleanup protocols as set by the company for bodily fluid disinfectant clean up procedure • If a worker, at any time, develops symptoms, they must give notice and leave the site immediately. • Visit the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Website for more information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html
Make Good Decisions It is our responsibility to do our best to make you aware of the risks, and to mitigate them as best we can. It is ultimately your choice whether to work, or not, based on your personal circumstances and comfort level. • COVID-19 is a highly contagious virus that has been shown to affect people to varying degrees. Some people have a mild response to infection, others may die from it. o If you have a compromised immune system, chronic respiratory illness or other serious health issues, you are at higher risk for a severe reaction if you contract COVID-19 and should consider staying home. • If you think you might be sick or might have been exposed to someone who is sick, you MUST NOT come to work. Once exposed it can take up to two weeks to develop symptoms. You can spread the illness to others even when you do not have symptoms. • If the risk of coming to work or being on the job site is something you are not comfortable with, we respect your decision to stay home. • The Company understands the decision to continue working, or not, is a difficult one. Please know that you will not be penalized if you do not come to work due to COVID-19 health issues or concerns. o If you do not intend to come to work please follow the proper protocol to give notice to your project superintendent.
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