(c) COVID-19 Plan
- Conduct a Hazard Assessment: Conduct a workplace-specific hazard assessment to identify potential workplace hazards related to COVID-19. In order for an employer to be exempt from providing controls in a well-defined area under paragraph (a) of this section based on employees' fully vaccinated status, the COVID-19 plan must include policies and procedures to determine employees' vaccination status.
- Ensure Employee participation: Seek the input and involvement of non-managerial employees and their representatives, if any, in the hazard assessment and the development and implementation of the COVID-19 plan.
- Monitor Workplaces: Monitor each workplace to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of the COVID-19 plan and update it as needed.
- Develop Policies and Procedures: The COVID-19 plan must address the hazards identified by the assessment and include policies and procedures to minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 for each employee. Although the COVID-19 plan must account for the potential COVID-19 exposures to each employee, the plan can do so generally and need not address each employee individually.
- Communicate and Coordinate: Effectively communicate and coordinate with other employers. When employees of different employers share the same physical location, each employer must:
- effectively communicate its COVID-19 plan to all other employers,
- coordinate to ensure that each of its employees is protected as required, and
- adjust its COVID-19 plan to address any particular COVID-19 hazards presented by the other employees.
- Notify the controlling employer when those employees are exposed to conditions at that location that do not meet the requirements of 1910.502(c); and
- Protect employees who in the course of their employment enter into private residences or other physical locations controlled by a person not covered by the OSH Act (e.g., homeowners, sole proprietors). This must include procedures for employee withdrawal from that location if those protections are inadequate.
This requirement does not apply to delivery people, messengers, and other employees who only enter a workplace briefly to drop off or pick up items.
If you have one or more employees working in a physical location controlled by another employer:
You may include other policies, procedures, or information necessary to comply with any applicable federal, state, or local public health laws, standards, and guidelines in the COVID-19 plan.
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