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COVID Employer Assessment

So you are ready to normalize business operations. How ready are you to manage your workforce risk? And, is your workforce ready? Take this quiz to better understand your organization’s risk tolerance, the exposure risk of your employees, and where you stand on infection response management. Make sure you have your employees fill out their own quiz, so you can quickly understand and address any gaps in readiness between you and your workforce.

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Tolerance for Risk

Very Strict- Employees may not physically return to work until regional positivity rates are less than or equal to 5% for at least 14 days. When employees return, they must follow strict etiquette including hand-washing, wearing a mask, and physical distancing at a minimum of 6 feet 100% of the time. Employees who are sick must quarantine for 14 days, and may not return to work until they have 2 consecutive negative COVID 19 tests.

Strict- Employees may physically return to work in a rotating schedule, so that only a portion of the workforce is on-site at any one time. Employees must pass temperature checks and screening protocols prior to entering the building. When employees are on-site, they must follow strict etiquette including hand-washing, wearing a mask, and physical distancing at a minimum of 6 feet 100% of the time. Employees who are sick must quarantine for 14 days, and may not return to work until they have 2 consecutive negative COVID 19 tests.

Fairly Strict- Employees may physically return to work. Employees must pass temperature checks and screening protocols prior to entering the building. No group meetings are permitted. All employees must comply with strict etiquette including hand-washing, wearing a mask, and physical distancing at a minimum of 6 feet 100% of the time. Employees who are sick must quarantine for 14 days, and may not return to work until they have 2 consecutive negative COVID 19 tests.

Somewhat Open- Employees should physically return to work. Employees must self-report temperature checks and screening questions each morning. Small group meetings of less than 10 individuals are permitted but in outdoor spaces only. Employees must as they comply with strict etiquette including hand-washing, wearing a mask, and physical distancing at a minimum of 6 feet 100% of the time. Employees who are sick must quarantine for 14 days, and may not return to work until they have 2 consecutive negative COVID 19 tests.

Moderately Open- Employees should physically return to work. Small group meetings of less than 10 individuals are permitted in outdoor spaces and large indoor conference rooms. Employees should follow hand-washing, wearing a mask, and physical distancing at a minimum as much as possible. Employees who are sick must quarantine for 14 days, and may not return to work until they have 2 consecutive negative COVID 19 tests.

Very Open- Employees should physically return to work and follow hand-washing, wearing a mask, and physical distancing at a minimum as much as possible. Employees who are sick must quarantine for 14 days, and may not return to work until they have 2 consecutive negative COVID 19 tests.

Definitions

Workforce Exposure Risk

Very High- jobs are those with high potential for exposure to known or suspected sources of COVID-19 during specific medical, postmortem, or laboratory procedures.

For Example:

  • Doctors, nurses, dentists, paramedics, emergency medical technicians performing aerosol-generating procedures (e.g., intubation, cough induction procedures, bronchoscopies, some dental procedures, and exams, or invasive specimen collection) on known or suspected COVID-19 patients.
  • Healthcare or laboratory personnel collecting or handling specimens from known or suspected COVID-19 patients
  • Morgue workers performing autopsies, which generally involve aerosol-generating procedures, on the bodies of people who are known to have or suspected of having, COVID-19 at the time of their death.

High- jobs are those with high potential for exposure to known or suspected sources of COVID-19.

Workers in this category include:

  • Doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff who must enter patients’ rooms and are exposed to known or suspected COVID-19 patients.
  • Medical transport workers moving known or suspected COVID-19 patients in enclosed vehicles.
  • Mortuary workers involved in preparing (e.g., for burial or cremation) the bodies of people who are known to have, or suspected of having, COVID-19 at the time of their death.

Medium- jobs include those that require frequent and/or close contact with (i.e., within 6 feet of) people who may be infected with COVID-19, but who are not known or suspected COVID-19 patients. In areas without ongoing community transmission, workers in this risk group may have frequent contact with travelers who may return from international locations with widespread COVID-19 transmission. In areas where there is ongoing community transmission, workers in this category may have contact with the general public (e.g., schools, high-population-density work environments, some high-volume retail settings).

Lower (Caution)- jobs are those that do not require contact with people known to be, or suspected of being, infected with COVID-19 nor frequent close contact with (i.e., within 6 feet of) the general public. Workers in this category have minimal occupational contact with the public and other coworkers.

Definitions

Return to Work Preparedness and Response Plan

  • e.g., workers’ concerns about pay, leave, safety, health, and other issues that may arise during infectious disease outbreaks
  • Engineering controls involve isolating employees from work-related hazards, such as installing high-efficiency air filters and/or physical barriers, such as clear plastic sneeze guards.
  • Administrative controls are changes in work policy or procedures to reduce or minimize exposure to a hazard, such as asking sick workers to stay at home and minimizing contact among employees
  • All types of PPE must be selected based upon the hazard/risk of exposure to the worker and must be properly fitted and periodically refitted, as applicable (e.g., respirators).