If the severity of 2009 H1N1 increases, your employer should be planning to use other control measures to reduce close contact among coworkers and with others in the workplace. Not all of the following options can be used in every workplace or for every job task. The controls that your employer uses will depend on how the workplace is set up and what the job task involves. Workplace controls that you employer should be considering include the following:
Be ready for school and daycare closures; make backup child care plans.
For more information, see OSHA’s Quick Card on How to Protect Yourself in the Workplace during a Pandemic and HHS/CDC’s Guidance for Business and Employers to Plan and Respond to the 2009-2010 Influenza Season.
This guidance is advisory in nature and informational in content. It is not a standard or regulation, and it neither creates new legal obligations nor alters existing obligations created by OSHA standards or the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Pursuant to the OSH Act, employers must comply with safety and health standards and regulations issued and enforced either by OSHA or by an OSHA-approved State Plan. In addition, the Act’s General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
Plan for Social Distancing and Other Controls if H1N1 Severity Increases: Created on November 19th, 2009. Last Modified on November 19th, 2009
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