New Guidance from State on Essential Employee Safety

Just released guidance from State of Connecticut on health recommendations for essential employees. In addition to already widely available social distancing and sanitary recommendations, highlights are as follows:

• Control and monitor external visitors on work site
• Discourage carpooling
• Increase physical space between employees and customers (drive throughs, plexiglass partitions at check out, etc.)
• Deliver products curbside or provide home delivery
• Spread out multiple shifts/schedules or increase number of shifts to promote social distancing
• Stagger meal & break times, adjust start/stop times to minimize congregating at time clock or break areas
• Provide time between shifts and/or prior to shift to allow for sanitizing of work environment and tools
• Increase ventilation and percentage of outdoor air in indoor work areas
• Where possible segment work area into zones to discourage staff from entering areas unnecessarily
• Provide disposable disinfecting wipes for commonly used surfaces (doorknobs, keyboards, etc.)
• Prohibit sharing of tools where possible
• Shared tools and equipment should be cleaned and disinfected before and after use
• If an employee is suspected sick or confirmed to have COVID-19, follow CDC cleaning and disinfection guidelines
• Employees with no access to soap and water should have access to hand sanitizer

Read the recommendations in their entirety CT Guidance on Essential Employee Safety