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Page 1: THE COVID-19 SAFETY EDITION What’s Inside...Review your plans and consider options to strengthen controls before the flu season. Include your COVID-19 safety plan and related information

Keeping COVID-19 out of the plant

Interrupting the spread

Prioritizing and layering controls

Planning your exposure response

COVID-19 training and support

Make it Safe, the Quarterly OHS Magazine for BC Manufacturers

What’s Inside: 2

4

6

8

10

THE COVID-19 SAFETY EDITION

COVID-19

20 20

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Working safely in the new normal Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers and food processors have had to adapt quickly to continue essential operations under strange, new rules. Months later, we’re still learning about the virus, and questions persist about the best controls and policies to keep people safe at work.

In this special edition of Make It Safe Magazine, we address those questions with review of the critical steps to safeguard our people and workplaces.

“ When the crisis happens and when you’re really tested, your values and priorities are tested.

How companies have dealt with this will have an impact on their long-term culture, and so if they’ve missed this as an opportunity to show leadership and establish trust, then that’s going to hurt those companies well into the future. And if you’ve done the opposite, then you’ll benefit from that more. Having established that trust in our safety culture for the last number of years really benefited us. We were able to respond very quickly and collaboratively with our teams.”

— Nick Reiach, Great Little Box Company in a June executive panel on Leading the Recovery

POLICY

Prioritizing and layering controls

1Interrupting the spread 2

3Planning your exposure response

5 COVID-19 training and support

4

Communication Leadership Safety Committee

Keeping COVID-19 out of the plant

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Leadership has always been a critical factor in workplace health & safety, but the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled leaders to think differently about how we lead – and how we protect our people at work.

As we continue to assess the COVID-19 risks in the workplace, ongoing outbreaks and the potential for a second wave remain a threat to business continuity.

Now is the time for leaders to demonstrate a commitment to safety through our actions and decisions and to reflect on the experiences of employees working through an unprecedented global crisis.

The impact on employees’ mental wellness cannot be ignored. Our teams are managing challenges they have never faced before:

• Working remotely and using technology and practices that they are unfamiliar with

• Working with their children at home• Staffing shortages resulting from co-workers who are sick,

quarantined, or anxious about coming to work• Social isolation or separation from extended family• General concerns about living through a pandemic

As leaders, we are being called to reimagine our workplaces through a health and safety lens. To help workers make choices that protect their health, the health of their peers, and the health of your business. To communicate clearly and often about the steps we are taking to protect employees, addressing concerns quickly and with empathy.

We lead through meaningful two-way communications with workers, by continually checking in with our teams—and by guarding own physical health and resilience so we can be there for our people.

COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on health and safety at work and created an opportunity for leaders to build engagement with employees by demonstrating our commitment to their safety and wellbeing. A safe and healthy workforce sustains our businesses and supply chain—and is becoming an increasingly vital factor in recruiting and retaining staff.

Where we focus our energy in a crisis and how we navigate through the challenges along the way defines our leadership, values and brand. How are you leading the way to a safe and sustainable future for your business?

Make it Safe The Quarterly OHS Magazine for BC Manufacturers is produced by the Manufacturing Safety Alliance

of BC and distributed free to our members in the

manufacturing & food processing sectors.

Resilience & business continuityLisa McGuire, CEO

101-44981 Commercial Ct. Chilliwack, BC V2R 0A7604.795.9595 [email protected]

The opinions expressed by the contributing

parties may not necessarily reflect the views of

the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC.

Content reproduced only with permission.

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Jennifer Wiebe

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Working safely in the new normal

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Monitor and screen anyone entering your facility, and support workers to stay home when feeling ill.

Educate workers to stay home if they are experiencing any symptoms and reinforce that no worker should be at work

if they are ill. Make sure that all workers understand your policy, recognize the symptoms, and know how to complete an online self-assessment or contact HealthLinkBC.

Support sick workers to stay home Recognize that employees may have anxiety related to sick time and staying home when feeling ill. Develop effective policies, and communicate often to support workers. Review your sick leave policies to ensure they are flexible and support public health guidance around sick time.

Ensure that employees are aware of the support available to them if they have to stay home sick or self-isolate. In addition to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, workers can take advantage of extra time to file income tax, mortgage payment deferral, and the BC Emergency Benefit for Workers.

Screening of employees, contractors, and any visitor to your workplace for symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, shortness of breath, congestion). Conduct health checks in a way that provides sufficient physical distancing between the screener and the employee. To prevent stigma, ensure that employee health checks provide privacy, and keep employee health information confidential.

“ Moving through a pandemic or major crisis like this by soliciting feedback, treating people properly, and working together helps us build resiliency and be prepared for the next potential uptick of this thing.” — Chris Inkster, Freeport Industries

in a June executive panel on Leading the Recovery

Did you know we offer free COVID-19 worker awareness courses online for workers in English, Spanish, and French? Visit safetyalliancebc.myabsorb.ca

1 Keep COVID-19 out of the plant Prevent COVID-19 from entering your facility.

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Plan ahead for scenarios you may experience in your workplace

Example Action

Worker has traveled

outside of Canada but is

NOT experiencing symptoms

of COVID-19

The returning employee must:

• Comply with the Quarantine Act and submit a BC self-isolation plan

• Follow company policy regarding isolation after travel

• Notify their supervisor of their return and keep in regular contact

• If no symptoms appear during the self-isolation period, arrangements

to return to work may begin

Worker is living with

someone who has tested

positive for COVID-19

The worker will be asked to self-isolate at home by their local health

authority. Employee will notify employer and maintain contact until the

worker can complete isolation and testing protocols and ensure they

are fit for returning to work.

Worker has tested

positive for COVID-19

If a worker has COVID-19, the health authority will investigate, trace contacts

and guide the employer through the essential steps to minimize the risk of

exposure and spread of the virus to others at the worksite. If additional

measures need to be taken in your workplace, public health will inform you.

• Isolate the worker

• Contain the exposure

• Disinfect common tools and surfaces that were exposed to the

infected worker

• Communicate clearly with employees that may have had contact

with the exposure, and report as required

• Enhance the measures you already have in place to prevent

the spread of infection

Worker tested positive for

COVID-19 but has been

cleared by health authorities

to return-to-work

Two negative tests are required before a worker can be considered

recovered. COVID-19 may cause other complications that may make it unsafe

for the employee’s own health to return to work, even after they are cleared.

The health authority and the worker’s health care provider may provide

additional protocols for a safe return-to-work.

Where can I find answers to Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 workplace safety?Q safetyalliancebc.ca/covidfaqA

Prevent COVID-19 from entering your facility.

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Change the way you work minimize the risk of COVID-19 spread between workers.

Adjust the way you work to protect employees Many employers are reducing risk by enabling administrative workers to work from home.

Staggering start times, shifts and breaks, and forming “work pods” or teams that work together exclusively also help limit the potential exposure if an employee does become ill.

Physical distancing To support and enforce physical distancing in the plant, manufacturers are using multiple strategies. Floor markers, barriers, and directional arrows help visually reinforce the required distance between workers and manage traffic flow.

Restricting occupancy in lunch and break rooms, locker rooms, and other common areas also makes it easier for workers to maintain distance. Similarly, employers are limiting the risk by holding meetings outside or by video when possible, and limiting or prohibiting outside visitors.

Redesign your workplace to prevent the spread Where it is possible to reconfigure the production floor or limit occupancy in tight areas, some manufacturers have been able to support physical distancing. Many, however, lack the space or resources to retrofit all their production areas.

Where physical distancing is not possible, physical barriers have become an important line of defense. Acrylic panels separating workstations, often used in combination with masks or face shields, provide a physical barrier against virus-containing droplets.

If it is not practicable to eliminate work that causes workers to be within two metres of each other, keep the encroachment on physical distancing as brief as possible, through planning the work task and providing instructions to workers—or place physical barriers between workers. Consult your Joint Health and Safety Committee or Worker Representative to identify risks and effective controls for your workplace.

“ At the plant level, one of our biggest challenges is managing communication—mainly driven by people’s anxiety. What we try to do is really explain why we do things first.” —Craig Ogilvie, Conagra Foods Canada, in a May webinar on COVID-19 Best Practices

A

2 Interrupt the spread Develop an action plan to keep COVID-19 from spreading.

What if staff have to work within two metres of each other?

Q

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3 COVID-19 tipsfor establishing physical barriers

Visit safetyalliancebc.ca/barriers to watch the webinar with Alliance ergonomist Dr. Era Poddar and Dr. Angela Eykelbosh.

In a June webinar, we invited environmental health scientist Dr. Angela Eykelbosh of the BC Centre for Disease Control and the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health to share her research on the design and implementation of physical barriers in areas where adequate physical distancing is not possible.

Protect the breathing zone The primary job of these barriers, she noted, is to “protect the breathing zone of the worker—defined roughly by a radius of 30 centimetres or 12 inches around that person’s nose in every direction. Aim to shield the breathing zone of the tallest and smallest people that will be both standing or seated for most of the time” in a particular work zone.

Secure barriers Ensure barriers are secured to avoid creating a tipping hazard or allowing a ceiling-suspended barrier to “waft” air from one worker’s breathing zone into someone else’s.

Keep barriers clean Use a material that is easy to clean—and clean daily (or more frequently if the job requires a worker to touch it frequently—and avoid very tall barriers that impede ventilation in the room.

In addition, Dr. Eykelbosh notes, it’s important to consider how barrier may restrict or adversely affect the pace, posture, and movement of workers on the production line.

For more answers about workplace safety visit safetyalliancebc.ca/covidfaq or call our OHS Safety Line 604.795.9595 to speak with an advisor

Webinar Workplace design to prevent injuries: addressing challenges in the new normal

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POLICY

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Start from the top to implement the most effective controls possible in your facility.

Postpone, reorganize or plan work to eliminate the risk to worker. Physical distancing is essential to control the spread of COVID-19. Most manufacturers and food processors have already added floor markers and directional signs to promote distancing and manage traffic flow.

Other common controls include staggering start times, shift, and breaks; restricting occupancy in common areas; and holding meetings outside or through video conference where possible.

Where employees cannot stay two metres apart, physical barriers provide critical protection. Use personal protective equipment such as surgical masks, face shields, and gloves to supplement more effective controls, or as a last line of defense when physical barriers and distancing are not possible.

Depending on a risk assessment in your work environment, appropriate PPE could include face shields, disposable gloves, masks, or coveralls.

Daily health checks and limited visitation may also be important safeguards. Because COVID-19 is spread through close contact, the pandemic has increased the need to maintain cleanliness and hand hygiene to reduce the spread. Adequate hand washing stations are critical, along with fresh air where possible and a ventilation system working up to code.

“ We really need to invest in relationships in our business. Purpose and connection protect against stress.” — Chris Inkster, Freeport Industries, in a June executive panel on Leading the Recovery

Smart controls Smart controls include no-touch trash cans, propped-open doors, disinfectants, and disposable towels to clean workstations. Policies that ensure workers wash their hands thoroughly when entering the workplace, before and after breaks, at shift changes, and after touching a surface others may have touched are also important.

Provide individual equipment for each worker—or sanitize any shared equipment when sharing of equipment cannot be avoided.

Make sure employees know what you are doing to protect them and what they can do to protect each other.

Elimination

Engineering Controls

Administrative Controls

PPE

Work remotely

Postpone events

Hold virtual meetings

Physical distancing (2m)

Improve ventilation

Install high-efficiency air filters

Plexi barriers between work stations

Stagger work shifts and breaks

Enhance cleaning protocols

Train donning & doffing of PPE and respirator seal checks

Policies for working from home, hand washing and reporting symptoms in the workplace

Face shield Gloves Safety goggles Respirators

Heirarchy of ControlsPreventing the spread of COVID-19

MORE

LESS

EFECTIVENESS Elimination

Engineering Controls

Administrative Controls

PPE

Work remotely

Postpone events

Hold virtual meetings

Physical distancing (2m)

Improve ventilation

Install high-efficiency air filters

Plexi barriers between work stations

Stagger work shifts and breaks

Enhance cleaning protocols

Train donning & doffing of PPE and respirator seal checks

Policies for working from home, hand washing and reporting symptoms in the workplace

Face shield

Gloves

Safety goggles

Respirators

Heirarchy of ControlsPreventing the spread of COVID-19

MORE

LESS

EFEC

TIV

ENES

S

Elimination

Engineering Controls

Administrative Controls

PPE

Work remotely

Postpone events

Hold virtual meetings

Physical distancing (2m)

Improve ventilation

Install high-efficiency air filters

Plexi barriers between work stations

Stagger work shifts and breaks

Enhance cleaning protocols

Train donning & doffing of PPE and respirator seal checks

Policies for working from home, hand washing and reporting symptoms in the workplace

Face shield

Gloves

Safety goggles

Respirators

Heirarchy of ControlsPreventing the spread of COVID-19

MORE

LESS

EFEC

TIV

ENES

S

Need help sourcing PPE? Visit safetyalliancebc.ca/ppe  

3 Prioritize and layer controlsThe Hierarchy of Controls clearly illustrates how effective different controls and policies can be at reducing the spread of COVID-19.

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As companies adjust their business to address the challenges of the global pandemic, many have expanded their online operations and moved to virtual workspaces for employees. Growing your business online has advantages in the “new normal” but also comes with new risks.

“Cyber insurance is relatively new but has roots in privacy liability insurance which has been around for several years,” said Rob Selnes, one of the cyber leaders at CapriCMW. “More and more companies are doing business online, but the threats of doing business this way have changed significantly over the last few years”

The technology that businesses use is savvier – but so are the criminals. The risks of cyber attacks are real and the expenses incurred following an attack are generally not covered by commercial general liability insurance. The average cost of a data breach in Canada is now approximately $6 million, and while many of the cyber attacks we hear about happen to major organizations, cybercriminals don’t care how large your business is. The impact of a cyber attack on a small business can be devastating.

Approximately 70 percent of cybersecurity incidents are the result of employee error or a lack of IT security training, such as:

• Phishing attacks • Sharing passwords or having weak (or non-existent) passwords • Inappropriate use of IT resources • Physical loss of devices (such as a phones or laptops) • Improper data sharing • Introducing viruses and malware to company systems

The average cost of a data breach in Canada is now $6.11 million.

These types of incidents can lead to privacy breaches, data and financial theft, unauthorized access to business systems and ransomware attacks.

Many employers don’t appreciate how sophisticated cyber criminals are,” said Selnes. “And the pandemic has presented new opportunities to these criminals. Many companies have also had to suddenly adapt corporate IT systems to accommodate work-from-home options which haven’t generally been thoughtfully planned out.”

Companies also have less time to think about cybersecurity issues while dealing with the ongoing challenges of COVID-19. Even those with great IT teams can only do so much and many companies don’t have a dedicated IT team at all.

The Cyber Liability and Privacy Liability insurance offered by CapriCMW covers not only the liability side of a cyber attack (theft of information and privacy breaches) – but also picks up legal costs and provable damages. Additionally, these policies cover businesses for the costs associated with loss of service, ransomware, and stolen funds.

However, Selnes points out that a key benefit of these policies is their ability to provide the policyholder with immediate access to crisis management and cybersecurity experts. Cyber attacks are usually sudden and highly time-sensitive, so immediate access to dedicated legal, IT security and public relations expertise provides companies with critical support when they need it most. For the cost of this insurance, companies basically have a broad team of specialists available on retainer to keep their business running before, during and after a cyber attack.

Success in the “new normal” means working with your insurer to protect your business, data, and clients. For more information about Cyber Liability and Privacy Insurance contact CapriCMW Insurance Services Ltd.

KEY CONTACTS: Rob Selnes Commercial Risk Advisor 250 869 3915 X 3915 | [email protected]

Sean Graham Client Executive VP604 484 3707 X 3012 | [email protected]

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Plan ahead to minimize the risk to your employees and your business.

“ It’s easy to lose sight of how to treat people in times of stress, and how you treat them through those really, really challenging times will dictate how you get through future challenges.”— Chris Inkster, Freeport Industries in a June executive panel on Leading the Recovery

How are you supporting your team to operate effectively under your COVID-19 safety plan? Ensuring employees understand how to work effectively and protect each other is critical to navigating the new normal work environment.

Communicate clearly and often with employees and encourage empathy, recognizing the impact of a heightened state of anxiety and uncertainty on your team. Recognizing that workers are experiencing a mix of anxiety and concerns about the virus, their families, and their jobs, manufacturers and food processors around the province have responded with new mental health supports.

Regular check-ins to see how workers are feeling are a great start. If staff are eligible for an employee assistance program, make sure they know what support is available and how to get it. Beyond that, encouraging staff to eat well, get regular exercise and good sleep—and showing you care for their wellness—can go a long way towards easing anxiety and building a culture of resilience and trust.

With the basic controls becoming old hat in many essential businesses, complacency looms as a new risk. Consider your strategy to maintain healthy and safety vigilance against COVID-19 in the workplace. Incorporate inspection processes than include observations of behaviors. And design communications that include two-way dialogue with workers and effective processes for collecting and addressing feedback.

Review your plans and consider options to strengthen controls before the flu season. Include your COVID-19 safety plan and related information as a standing item on the Joint Health and Safety Committee agenda. Make time to review local and global trends to determine where more effective controls may be needed.

“ Our last toolbox talk was about crisis fatigue... People are starting to lose some patience as they are yearning to get back to a new normal, so we have to keep being diligent—amping up our commitment and our diligence in preparation for what could be a second wave.” —Nick Reiach, Great Little Box Company in a June executive panel on Leading the Recovery

4 Plan your exposure responseHow will you handle a COVID-19 positive case or potential outbreak?

2 m

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Create and communicate contingency plans. This preparation is critical to a speedy and decisive response in the case of an outbreak—and knowing you have a plan in place helps your employees come to work feeling secure. Develop a plan to manage a potential outbreak at your business before an outbreak occurs.

Determine the steps your business would take to respond an outbreak, and consider how you can continue operations with a reduce workforce if necessary. Understand and define what is within your control and may not be in an outbreak scenario. Consider both internal and external communications, and review your plans with your Joint Health and Safety Committee.

If an employee tests positive for COVID-19, your local health authority will work with you and the employee to trace contacts with your staff.

Typically, “contacts” include anyone who has spent more than 15 minutes within 2 metres of the sick employee. If possible, provide a list of who was at work with the employee to public health.

Take steps to identify the extent of potential exposure at your worksite and ensure that proper infection control cleaning protocols are implemented to clean and sterilize and potentially contaminated work areas.

Communicate clearly and report if required.

A

What should we do if an employee has tested positive for COVID-19?Q

Download the companion Back to Business COVID-19 Playbook for convenient access to helpful tools, templates and resources to help build and implement your COVID-19 Safety Plan.

Visit safetyalliancebc.ca/playbook

“ Having OSSE certification, we already had a foundation in place to be able to build on. So by having this history of having a safety management system in place, we’ve been building trust the whole way through.” — Chris Inkster, Freeport Industries

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COVID-19 training and supportLean on us for support to protect your people and your business.

As you have been adapting to new methods and approaches for your business, our focus at the Alliance has been to research, develop, and share the latest knowledge and tools to support BC’s manufacturers and food processors.

Call the OHS Support line to get immediate support from a safety advisor. 604.795.9595

Visit safetyalliancebc.ca/covid-19 for resources and tools, webinars and online training, and updated expert answers to frequently asked questions about the virus and recommended workplace controls.

| Kelowna BC

Dust Hazard Analysis How to Conduct a DHA Analysis that meets the NFPA 652 standard

In 2019, the National Fire Protection Association updated its Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust (NFPA 652), requiring all companies with combustible dust hazards to have completed a dust hazard analysis (DHA) by September 2020. While the NFPA Standard is not currently enforced by provincial regulators, it is considered best practice and in the case of an incident, is typically brought forward in due diligence.

Developed by REMBE® and hosted by the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC, this two day course, the first of its kind offered in Canada, will teach you how to conduct a Dust Hazard Analysis that meets the NFPA 652 Standard. Seating is limited. Register soon. safetyalliancebc.ca/dusthazard

September 14 – 15 | Kelowna, BC

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JHSC Training Bundle Joint Health & Safety CommitteeIncident InvestigationWorkplace Inspections

$135

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Q Sensitivity Training Partnership Schoolyard bullies grow up and go to work. Sensitivity Training builds awareness to keep inappropriate behaviours in check and protect your most valuable asset: your employees.

So we are pleased to introduce a new partnership with Sensitivity Training Canada, a leading national provider of training and services to make workplaces respectful through workplace wellness and sensitivity training. Through this partnership, Alliance members gain access to 11 new courses as well as anti-bullying and anti-harassment policy and program development services—all at a discounted rate.

These Sensitivity Training Canada courses are available as half-day workshops, 2-hour seminars, in person and through virtual training:

* Cultural Sensitivity Training for Diversity * Workplace Anti-Bullying and Anti-Harassment * Respect in the Workplace * Resilience in the Workplace * Anger Management * Mental Health Awareness * Workplace Anti Sexual Harassment * Sensitivity Training for Workplace Restoration * Sensitivity Training for Employees * Sensitivity Training for Middle Managers * Sensitivity Training for Executives

Learn more safetyalliancebc.ca/sensitivitytraining

Register online: safetyalliancebc.ca/jhscbundle

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JULY 2911:00 am - 12:00 pm

TOWN HALL SURREY BOARD OF TRADE

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SEPT 14 & 158:00 am - 5:00 pm

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SEPT 24 AWARDS 2020 BC FOOD & BEVERAGE AWARDS GALA

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OCTOBER 26-28 All Day

MAKE IT SAFE PRE-CONFERENCE VIRTUAL TRAINING

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OCTOBER 28 6 pm

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Events Calendar

Upcoming 2020 OHS Events

2020 VIRTUAL OHS CONFERENCE + SAFETY PINNACLE AWARDS The pandemic continues to shine a spotlight on the critical importance of workplace health and safety. In response, we are carving out new ways to support your safety programs and training needs—and recognize your achievements in this new environment.

We are excited to announce this year’s Make It Safe Conference and Pinnacle Awards Gala are shifting into new formats this fall. The upside to these changes is that they will allow us to provide health and safety education to more companies across the province—and share health and safety success stories in manufacturing and food processing with a wider audience.

OCTOBER 26–28 Optional pre-conference workshop series.

OCTOBER 28 Broadcast premiere of a live-to-digital Safety Pinnacle Awards Gala that will include tools to help you celebrate your health and safety achievements with your team, your families and customers.

OCTOBER 29–30 Make It Safe OHS Conference + Trade Show: a live-in-virtual, interactive event online!

Watch for more news to follow soon!

makeitsafe.ca

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STOPPlease use the alcohol and hand washing stations provided at each entry point.

If symptoms appear while on site, report to first aid and follow Reporting Symptom Procedure.

Maintain 2m (6ft)between yourself and others.

Respect barriers and instructional signs.

2m

If work requires closer contact, consult with your supervisor to ensure alternative procedures are followed.

For more workplace signs and other COVID-19 resources visit:

safetyalliancebc.ca/covid-19/resources