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Resources from our June 9th Zoom Meeting

Kerry and Dale shared a ton of information on June 9th's webinar. Below are links to those resources.


The PIP Checklist

PIP Preparedness Booklet


Resources Dale utilized during his presentation.

­ Session goal: Connect attendees to current available resources.

­ OSHA Quick Card: How to Protect Yourself in the Workplace during a Pandemic: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/protect-yourself-pandemic.pdf

Did not review, non-federal: State of Pennsylvania policies https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Fact-Sheets.aspx

OSHA COVID-19 website.

­ Recordkeeping (1904) (thru May 25) (after 26 May):

­ Reporting (1904.39 a1, a2, b6, )

­ PPE (Subpart I) (1910.132)

­ Respirators (see below)

­ Eye and Face Protection (1910.133)

­ Sanitation (1910.141): Clean and disinfect

­ Specification for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags (1910.145)

­ Medical records (1910.1020)(1910.1020(c)(6)(i)).

­ Bloodborne Pathogen (1910.1030)

CDC website

I think or know I had COVID-19, and I had symptoms

American Industrial Hygiene Association:

Masks: Term includes: respirators (1910.134), surgical masks, procedural masks, cloth face coverings.

­ OSHA respirators

­ NIOSH: 42 CFR Part 84 Respiratory Protective Devices

­ FDA-cleared surgical masks,

­ OSHA: Respirators Versus Surgical Masks, OSHA fact sheet

­ CDC, Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission:

­ CDC, Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19

­ CDC, How to Wash Cloth Face Coverings:

Sample respiratory protection program, Small Entity Compliance Guides (SECG): Page 101 => Attachment 4

Voluntary Use for respirators: (1910.134 (c)(2))

§ Voluntary, Training: 1910.134, Appendix D:

§ Directive CPL 02-00-158, Inspection Procedures for the Respiratory Protection Standard, Appendix A, page A1.

OSHA publication 3990, “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19. OSHA”. March 2020.

Many (OSHA and CDC) industry guidelines:

OSHA, (May 19, 2020): Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

  • Extended use and re-use, expired shelf life:

­ OSHA, April 3, 2020: Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic:

­ CDC Mar 27, 2020: Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Steeings:

  • Decontaminating and reuse.

­ OSHA, April 24, 2020: Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic:

­ CDC April 30, 2020: Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators:

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NIOSH:

{Not CBRN, but 84A, particulate filtering, N95}

  • Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) list.

o OSHA, April 3, 2020: Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic:

o FDA: Appendix A: Authorized Respirators: https://www.fda.gov/media/136663/download

o FDA: Respirator Models Removed from Appendix A: https://www.fda.gov/media/137928/download

  • Foreign country respirator purchases:

o Factors to Consider When Planning to Purchase Respirators from Another Country:

o NIOSH News flash webinar: “Factors to Consider when Planning to Purchase Respirators From Another Country.

Plans for reopening

Other laws: Families First Corona Response Act (FFCRA) WHD

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