The CDC claims, “A qualified workplace coordinator should be identified who will be responsible for COVID-19 assessment and control planning.” A crucial step in ensuring facilities are safe for workers this summer, is to have a facilities manager create an engineering controls plan.
The CDC’s engineering controls for COVID-19 include:
- Consulting with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning engineer to ensure adequate ventilation in work areas to help minimize workers’ potential exposures.
- If fans such as pedestal fans or hard-mounted fans are used in the facility, take steps to minimize air from fans blowing from one worker directly at another worker. Personal cooling fans should be removed from the workplace to reduce the potential spread of any airborne or aerosolized viruses. If fans are removed, employers should remain aware of, and take steps to prevent.
- Configure communal work environments so that workers are spaced at least 6 feet apart, if possible.
- Modify the alignment of workstations, including along production or assembly lines, if feasible, so that workers are at least 6 feet apart in all directions.
- Use physical barriers, such as strip curtains, plexiglass or similar materials, or other impermeable dividers or partitions to separate manufacturing workers from each other, if feasible.
- Place hand-washing stations or hand sanitizers with at least 60% alcohol in multiple locations to encourage hand hygiene.
For a consultation with an Enervise HVAC engineering expert to discuss COVID-19 engineering controls, contact us at 1-800-845-4839 or visit our website.
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