Working Safely During Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Risk assessment

• It is very important to carry out risk assessment in line with the Ministry of Health Covid -2019 Protocols and Guidelines.
• Consulting with your workers and other stakeholders

Taking body temperatures and wearing face masks

• Taking temperatures of all workers at the entrances
• Those whose body temperatures exceeds 37.5 degrees Celsius should be advised to seek medical assistance
• Wearing of face mask appropriately all the time

Develop cleaning, handwashing and hygiene procedures

• Encourage people to follow the MoH guidance on hand washing and hygiene procedures
• Provide hand sanitizers around the work place
• Frequently cleaning and disinfecting objects and surfaces that are touched regularly
• Enhance cleaning of busy areas
• Setting a clear use and cleaning guidance of toilets
• Provide hand drying facilities

Help People to work from home

• Discuss home working arrangements
• Ensuring they have the right equipment, for example remote access to work systems
• Including the in all necessary communication
• Looking after their physical health

Maintain social distancing

• Where possible you should maintain 2m between people by
• Putting up signs to remind workers and visitors of social distancing guidance
• Avoid sharing workstations
• Use floor tape or paint to mark areas to help people keep a 2m distance
• Switch to seeing visitors by appointment only if possible

Where people cannot be 2m apart, manage transmission risk

• Keep the activity time involved as short as possible
• Use screens or barriers to separate people from each other
• Stagger arrival and departure times
• Reducing the number of people each person has contact with using ‘fixed teams or partnering.