b'2. Perform a thorough hazard assessment to identify potential6. Educate and train workers on your COVID ? 19 policies and workplace hazards related to COVID ? 19. procedures again in the language they understand.3. Identify the measures that are going to be necessary for you7. Instruct workers who are infected or potentially infected to to limit the spread of COVID ? 19 following the establishedstay at home and isolate or quarantine.OSHA hierarchy of controls. This would entail: 8. Minimize the negative impact of quarantine on isolated (1) eliminating the hazard;workers.(2) employing engineering controls;9. Isolate workers who show symptoms at work.(3) establishing workplace administrative policies; (4) employing PPE; and 10. Perform an enhanced cleaning and disinfection after (5) prioritizing and controlling of the most to leastpeople with suspected or confirmed COVID ? 19 have been in effective ways to protect workers. OSHA expands on thesethe facility.procedures which I feel repeat many of the actions we have seen before. 11. Provide guidance on screening and testing. They are: 12. Record reported COVID ? 19 infections and deaths. This must be done under the recordkeeping procedures found in 29 A. Eliminate the hazard by separating and sendingCFR 1904.home infected or potentially infected people.13. Implement protections from retaliation and set up an B. Implement physical distancing in all communalanonymous process for workers to voice concerns about COVID work areas. ? 19 related hazards.C. Install barriers where physical distancing cannot be14. Make a COVID ? 19 vaccine or vaccination series available at maintained. no cost to all eligible employees.D. Use face coverings. 15. Do not distinguish between workers who are vaccinated and those who are not.E. Improved ventilation.This article does not permit me to go into the details necessary F. Use applicable PPE to protect workers fromto supplement each of the points listed above. I urge you to go exposure. to the OSHA website and review the entire guidance document G. Provide supplies necessary for good hygieneand determine which of the preceding 15 steps are necessary practices. for your employees, whether they work at your office, construction work locations or manufacturing facilities. Based H. Perform routine cleaning and disinfection. on my experience dealing with OSHA, if you are inspected, you will be judged on the effectiveness of your program in The remaining actions stated in the guidance documentprotecting your employees from COVID ? 19 exposure.include the following: Remember, this document, including everything I have listed 4. Consider protections for workers at higher risk for severeabove and the supporting detail, has been posted on the OSHA illness through supportive policies and practices. website and therefore is available for review by your employees and their designated representatives. The message 5. Establish a system for communicating effectively withhere is that you may well be measured by your employees by workers and in the language they understand. how you have addressed each of these 15 points at your MASONRY INSTITUTE OF DAYTONSave on Your BWC Premium with the Ohio Masonry Association Group RatingPromoting the masonry industry Program! and masonry workforce development.www.ohiomasonry.org 7'