Best Practices for Businesses to Reopen MANUFACTURING

• Face coverings are encouraged but not required if an employee can isolate or separate their work area, either by  PREPARE THE closing doors or using other physical PREPARE THE barriers to maintain six foot distance BUILDING from other individuals at all times, WORKFORCE • Zone the factory floor and encourage including individuals in adjacent • Train employees in current COVID-19 employees to remain in their cubicles or hallways. health and workplace guidelines designated area to the extent possible. to include procedures for social • Even when practicing social distancing, distancing, timeclock usage, use • Place partitions such as plexiglass to masks or face coverings must be worn when walking through hallways or of common areas, disinfecting separate people that work together in expectations and proper PPE usage. the production process. when two or more people are together in a space such as an office, conference Training should be included in daily • Increase ventilation rates and the room, or restroom. safety meetings to frequently remind percentage of outdoor air that employees and employers of their circulates into the system. • Face coverings are not required if responsibilities. wearing a face covering would subject • Assemble a team whose the person to an unsafe working • Offer teleworking where appropriate. responsibilities include implementing condition, as determined by federal, Give employees flexibility regarding and monitoring guidelines provided by state, or local occupational safety returning to the factory / office. the CDC, OSHA, the State, and by the regulators or workplace guidelines. For • Implement a daily screening process company. exceptions to this requirement, please for workers and other personnel which see the latest . • Share your procedures with Executive Order include CDC or MDH recommended health questions and consider your supply chain in advance to • Customers with disabilities who are communicate expectations for all unable to wear a face covering must temperature testing. visitors. be provided with an opportunity to • Direct sick workers to follow CDC and receive the same goods and services state guidelines regarding home as customers without disabilities. For isolation for suspected or confirmed more information, please see the Face COVID infections. Coverings FAQ. • If symptoms develop at work, MASKS ON designate an isolation area until the MARYLAND employee is able to go home. • Face coverings are required in publicly • Develop and communicate action accessible areas, as well as all work plans in the event of a positive test for areas where employees are likely COVID-19 for those directly exposed to interact with other employees or and those potentially exposed, individuals, even if briefly, such as consistent with CDC and MDH common areas or open offices. guidelines. • Provide proper PPE supplies and train employees as to the proper wearing and removing of masks and gloves.

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• SOCIAL DISTANCE • Clean and disinfect “high-touch” surfaces in accordance with CDC guidance, at PLANNING least as often as each shift change and/or • Stagger shift start/stop times, break product line change. times, and lunchtimes to minimize • Provide protection and disinfecting congregations at the time clocks or materials at timeclocks to prevent spread break areas. of infection. • Mark floors and work areas with 6-feet • Open or remove doors where possible to distance markers to remind workers to reduce or eliminate touched surfaces. social distance. • Separate chairs in training rooms/break rooms to ensure social distancing. • Keep team members consistent in an effort to isolate and contain any COMMUNICATION potential outbreak. PROCEDURES • Establish an essential operations team • Provide appropriate signage about safety consistent for each shift to mitigate the protocols throughout the workplace. spread of illness. • Build workforce confidence by frequently • Modify routine shift hand-off meetings communicating procedures and to limit interaction where possible. expectations on minimizing the risk of exposure. • Contact your local health department if you are concerned about transmission of COVID-19 in your facility. REDUCE TOUCH POINTS, CONTROL ACCESS & INCREASE CLEANING All Executive Orders still in effect must be complied with. See most up to • Provide employees easy access to hand washing or hand sanitizers, and require date orders here: governor.maryland. employees to wash/sanitize hands at gov/covid-19-pandemic-orders-and- the beginning and end of each shift, guidance. before and after lunch or any other breaks including restroom visits.

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