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Adapting to COVID-19

During these challenging times, Delaware Consultation is adapting our consultation process and continues to offer assistance to businesses throughout the state. Now more than ever, safety and health has come to the forefront of workplace concerns and Delaware Consultation is committed to helping businesses through the many new challenges they face in their day-to-day operations. While limited on-site activity is being conducted for qualifying workplaces and operations, a variety of new virtual methods are being utilized to provide our typical services in a safe and effective manner; this includes virtual facility walk-throughs, program reviews, and employee trainings.

• Delaware OSHA Consultation Coronavirus COVID-19 Policy
• Return to Work Operational Checklist
• Return to Work Responsibly
• Stay Home From Work Flyer
• Folleto titulado ¡Quédese en casa si está enfermo!

General Resources by Agency

Included below is a list of general COVID-19 resources grouped by agency and additional industry-specific COVID-19 resources grouped by industry. It is intended as a resource and is not comprehensive.

Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA’s primary resource is the COVID-19 Safety and Health Topics Page. This page is being updated routinely and we encourage you to review it frequently. General guidance released and housed on this page includes:

• COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard
• COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard
• News Release: COVID-19 National Emphasis Program
• Delaware OSHA Consultation Coronavirus COVID-19 Policy Template
• Poster, now available in 13 languages: Ten Steps All Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Coronavirus Poster
• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (Spanish)
• Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
• Alert: Prevent Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (Spanish)
• Worker Exposure Risk to COVID-19 (Spanish)
• COVID-19 Hazard Recognition
• COVID-19 Control and Prevention
• NEW resources on wearing respirators:
  • Video on Putting on and Taking off a Mask
  • Seven Steps to Correctly Wear a Respirator at Work (Spanish)

Enforcement Memorandums: Eight (8) memorandums related to COVID-19 are in effect and intended to be time-limited to the current public health crisis:

• 04/24/2020 – Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
• 04/16/2020 – Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer’s Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
• 04/13/2020 – Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for handling COVID-19-related complaints, referrals, and severe illness reports
• 04/10/2020 – Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• 04/08/2020 – Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
• 04/03/2020 – Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
• 04/03/2020 – Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic – [1910.134 App B-1]
• 03/14/2020 – Temporary Enforcement Guidance – Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

WHD’s Primary Resource is its WHD COVID-19 Official Webpage, which provides information on the implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC’s primary resource is the CDC COVID-19 Official Webpage. This page is being updated routinely and we encourage you to review it frequently. Recent guidance released and housed on this page includes:

• CDC COVID-19 Guidance Documents
• Resources for Businesses and Employers
  • Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
  • Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Facility
• Cases of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Additional Resources by Industry Sector

Healthcare Industry Resources:

OSHA/State Plans:

• Healthcare Workers and Employers
• Emergency Response Workers and Employers
• Dentistry
• Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Guidance for Business and Workers (includes guidance for Healthcare)
• South Carolina OSHA COVID-19 in Dental Settings

NIOSH/CDC:

• Emergency Medical Services
• Healthcare Professionals
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Ambulatory Care
• Pharmacies
• Dental Settings

Transportation Industry Resources:

OSHA:

• Package Delivery (Spanish)
• Airline Operations
• Border Protection and Transportation Security
• Solid Waste and Wastewater Management

NIOSH/CDC:

• Transit Station
• Transit Maintenance
• Rail Transit Operators
• Bus Transit Operators
• Airline Catering Truck Drivers and Helpers
• Aircraft Maintenance
• Airline Customer Service Representatives and Gate Agents
• Airport Custodial Staff
• Mail and Parcel Delivery Drivers

Retail, Service, and Manufacturing Industry Resources:

OSHA/State Plans:

• Retail Workers (Spanish)
• Retail Workers and Employers in Critical and High Customer-Volume Environments
• Manufacturing Industry Workforce (Spanish)
• In-Home Repair Services
• Restaurants & Beverage Vendors Offering Takeout or Curbside Pickup (Spanish)
• Wyoming OSHA Protecting Grocery & Other Essential Workers from COVID-19

NIOSH/CDC

• Food and Grocery Pick-up and Delivery Drivers
• Rideshare, Taxi, Limo, and Other Passenger Drivers-for-Hire

Construction Industry Resources:

OSHA/State Plan:

• COVID-19 Guidance for the Construction Workforce (Spanish)
• California OSHA COVID-19 Infection Prevention in Construction
• Nevada OSHA COVID-19 Letter for Construction Industry
• Oregon OSHA COVID-19: Job Health, Safety Resources for Oregon Contractors

CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training

• Guidance on COVID-19 (Spanish)
• Toolbox Talk on COVID-19 (Spanish)
• COVID-19 Construction Clearinghouse

The General Building Contractors Association

• COVID-19 Recommended Job Site Protocols
• PowerPoint Presentation: COVID-19 Recommended Job Site Protocols

Agriculture

OSHA/State Plan:

• Oregon/OSHA Temporary rule addressing the COVID-19 emergency in employer-provided housing, labor-intensive agricultural operations, and agricultural transportation
• North Carolina DOL Guidance Alert for Farm Workers

Meatpacking and Food Processing

OSHA/NIOSH/CDC/State Plan:

• OSHA/CDC Joint Interim Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers
• Minnesota OSHA Protecting grocery store workers
• North Carolina DOL Health and Safety Guidelines for Food Processing

Other Industry Resources:

OSHA:

• Postmortem Care
• Correctional Facility operations
• Environmental Services (i.e., janitorial, cleaning services)

NIOSH/CDC:

• Prepare Your Small Business and Employees for the Effects of COVID-19
• COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity