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Equipment & Vehicle Disinfecting Procedures
EQUIPMENT DISINFECTING PROCEDURES
Each Branch will set up these specific protocols to ensure that all equipment received from outside sources go through a complete and thorough disinfecting and cleaning process. This will reduce the risk of spreading the virus that causes COVID-19, as the CDC indicates that the virus may be viable up to days on various surfaces made from a variety of materials, and thus can be transmitted from these surfaces to one’s mouth, eyes or nose.
SANITIZING AREAS
• Partitioned and segregated sanitizing area will be created, preferably outdoors, to process equipment through the disinfecting and cleaning procedures. • Additional segregated areas should be created, either outside or inside the warehouse to quarantine equipment, which is another method of disinfecting equipment by isolation. This process does not require using chemical disinfectants. • Creating segregated areas will control the mix of sanitized and non-sanitized equipment at the facility to reduce the risk of cross contamination from incoming equipment and outgoing sanitized equipment.
DISINFECTING PROTOCOLS
• Employees should wear the appropriate PPE while cleaning and disinfecting equipment. • The Manufacturers recommendations will be followed to sanitize each type of equipment. • Various approved EPA Registered Disinfectants, which are safe for electronics, should be used to wipe down or spray the equipment as needed. Paper towel, shop towels, and sprayers should be utilized in this process. • Contact times of each disinfectant varies, so equipment should not be wiped down until the contact time has been met. • Certain types of products are better served to be sanitized by a quarantine period, due to the type of surface, such as (i.e. textile products, flags and overheads).
• Once equipment has been sanitized through the disinfecting process, it should be placed back on the shelf. Any equipment place back on the shelf is considered sanitized and ready for the next rental. • Employees should remove any disposable gloves and place them in the appropriate waste container and should wash their hands using appropriate hand washing protocols.
RETURN TO INVENTORY
VEHICLE CLEANING PROCEDURES
PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY VEHICLES
Production and Delivery trucks, trailers, Cinemini vans and alternate vehicles will be continued to be sanitized, maintained and washed according to normal Cinelease standards. Additional sanitizing methods and precautions have been implemented as recommended by Herc Rentals Company Safety advisors and CDC guidelines. It is the corresponding responsibility of the production personnel, vehicle drivers, and the production crews handling the equipment and other transported materials to follow all adopted safety procedures.
• Delivery vehicles will be assigned to a specific driver during each workday • Incorporate the availability of sanitizing supplies in all company vehicles, specifically production and delivery trucks • Sanitize high-touch areas including but not limited to: • Cab interior: focusing on high touch areas • Door handles (interior and exteriors) • Lift-Gate controls and handles • Fuel door and fuel cap • Storage box and jockey boxes • Climate controls and radio knobs • Dashboard and shifters levers • All touchscreens displays • Seatbelts and buckles • Door panels, consoles and glove compartment surfaces • Driver and passenger seats • Hood latches • Cones/Chocks/Chains/Binders/Trailer-Hitches • Any item under the hood that required daily inspection • Trucks will be labeled with “sanitized” sticker once cleaned and inspected • In addition to DOT regulated pre/post-trip inspections requirements: • Driver will insure to perform sanitizing protocols before and at the end of every shift • Required to document on a digital log every time the vehicles are sanitized and inspected
VEHICLE CLEANING PROCEDURES
SANITIZING THE INTERIOR BOX-TRUCK, TRAILERS AND OTHER INTERIORS OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Use of UV–C LED Lighting to disinfect as applicable
Use of sprayers and EPA registered disinfectants
• Focusing on high touch point areas prior to loading and offloading of cargo
Only limited access to vehicles interior will be allowed:
• Drivers • Assigned specific crew to offload and load each truck • Utilizing proper physical distancing and recommended PPE
Use clear shrink wrap on sanitized equipment in effort to:
• Reassure our customer and team members the equipment has been sanitized, properly labeled and accounted for • Make it easier to distinguished between properly sanitized and non-sanitized gear