Tag Archive | Pandemic
December 10, 2020  

Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards – What Employers Need to Know

California approved emergency temporary Cal/OSHA standards on COVID-19 infection prevention on
November 30, 2020. These new temporary standards apply to most workers in California not covered by
Cal/OSHA’s Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard.

With some exceptions, all employers and places of employment are required to establish and implement an effective written COVID-19 Prevention Program (CPP) pursuant to an Emergency Temporary Standard in place for COVID-19 (California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 8, section 3205(c)).

Cal/OSHA has developed this model program to assist employers with creating their own unique CPP tailored to their workplace. Here is information on the regulation and a sample program for your use:

cpp_cal-osha-templateDownload
Cal-OSHA-covid-19-emergency-standard-fact-sheetDownload

Also a link to a FAQ page about the regulation HERE

This is the link to the COVID-19 resources from Cal-OSHA. There are 5 good sections here, there is guidance by industry, FAQ’s page, training and educational materials, webinars and an online training section. All of the sections have good resources that have been helpful to me and others. I think you will find them useful as well.

Stay safe and healthy out there…

-JCK

March 16, 2020  

18 seconds of Some of the Best Advice You’ll Get on the Coronavirus

Well here we are, Monday, bunkered up in our homes with our tribes self quarantining ourselves from society the to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. It’s eerily slow at work. There’s so much uncertainty in the air. I am positive this will pass soon though. As long as we all follow directions and do our part to help slow the spread of this thing. And the faster we stop the virus, the faster we can get this economy back in motion and pumping again.

I’m personally not worried about getting sick from the Coronavirus, I’m just anxious about the repercussions it will have on society and the economy.

I was skeptical about all the news at first but to those who don’t want to listen to authority, stop being stubborn and just listen to this. It’s 18 seconds of some of the best advice you’ll Get on the Coronavirus:

I don’t want people to get sick but most importantly I think we all can agree that we just want to get back to “normal” life and this is the only way we’re going to get there.

The faster the better

-JK