HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS - for restaurant workers during the COVID19 pandemic

0420 Health and Safety tips HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS for restaurant workers during the COVID19 pandemic HOW CAN I BE EXPOSED? • The main way you can be exposed at work is through contact with people who are infected with the virus: co-workers, customers, and the public. [...] WHAT IS MY EMPLOYER SUPPOSED TO DO? (continued) 3 HAVE PROCEDURES FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTING • Hand sanitizer, soap and water, or effective disinfectant is available to the public at or near the entrance of the facility, at checkout counters, and anywhere else inside the store or immediately outside where people have direct interactions. [...] • Actively encouraging sick employees to stay home • Sending employees with acute respiratory illness symptoms home immediately • Providing information and training to employees on: - Cough and sneeze etiquette - Hand hygiene - Avoiding close contact with sick persons - Avoiding touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands - Avoiding sharing personal items with co-workers (i.e. [...] dishes, cups, utensils, towels) • Providing tissues, no-touch disposal trash cans and hand sanitizer for use by employees • Performing routine environmental cleaning of shared workplace equipment and furniture CAL/OSHA REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO: • Identify the hazards and how workers may be exposed • Develop methods to reduce or eliminate the exposure • Train workers on new hazards or work duties, and. [...] • If the work you are being asked to do poses a real and apparent hazard to your safety, you have the right to refuse dangerous work.