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640 OSHA COVID-19 Plan: 1910.50 - Healthcare Requirements
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(m) Vaccination

You must support COVID-19 vaccination for each employee by providing reasonable time and paid leave (e.g., paid sick leave, administrative leave) to each employee for vaccination and any side effects experienced following vaccination.

Four students, wearing face masks, sitting at desks taking notes in a classroom.
Train in a language and literacy level they understand.

(n) Training

You must ensure that each employee receives training in a language and at a literacy level the employee understands so that they comprehend at least the following:

  • how COVID-19 is transmitted (including pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic transmission);
  • the importance of hand hygiene;
  • ways to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19;
  • the signs and symptoms of the disease;
  • risk factors for severe illness;
  • when to seek medical attention;
  • tasks and situations in the workplace that could result in COVID-19 infection;
  • employer-specific policies and hands-on practice for using PPE, including:
    • when PPE is required for protection against COVID-19;
    • limitations of PPE for protection against COVID-19;
    • how to properly put on, wear, and take off PPE;
    • how to properly care for, store, clean, maintain, and dispose of PPE; and
    • any modifications to donning, doffing, cleaning, storage, maintenance, and disposal procedures needed to address COVID-19 when PPE is worn to address workplace hazards other than COVID-19;

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-5. The employer must ensure that each employee receives COVID-19 training _____.