The Virginia Division of Labor and Trade has launched the ultimate model of the Emergency Temporary Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19. This commonplace applies to each employer, worker and place of employment in Virginia that’s inside the jurisdiction of the VOSH program. The usual will take speedy impact upon publication in a newspaper of common circulation in Richmond, Va. This publication is anticipated the week of July 27.
Some elements of the usual embody:
- Requirement for employers to evaluate their office for hazards and job duties that may probably expose staff to the virus and classify every job process as Very Excessive, Excessive, Medium or Decrease threat ranges of publicity
- Necessary necessities for all employers and extra necessities for employers with hazards or job duties categorized as Very Excessive, Excessive or Medium publicity threat.
- Requirement for growing an Infectious Illness Preparedness and Response Plan for employers with hazards or job duties categorized as Very Excessive and Excessive and employers categorized as Medium with 11 or extra staff
- Coaching necessities
- The Virginia Division of Well being is to be notified inside 24 hours of the invention of a constructive case.
- The Virginia Division of Labor and Trade is to be notified inside 24 hours of the invention of three (3) or extra staff current on the place of employment inside a 14-day interval testing constructive for SARS-CoV-2 virus throughout that 14-day time interval.
Extra sources to help employers in complying with the usual could be discovered right here:
https://www.doli.virginia.gov/covid-19-outreach-education-and-training/ (This web page will probably be up to date frequently as new supplies turn out to be out there.)
Please attain out to your Scott Risk Advisor or Threat Efficiency Specialist with any questions or issues about your online business’ ongoing wants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
