CDC, OSHA & PEP COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Occupational Guidance
- Business and Workplace Guidance
- Guidance for Businesses and Employers: Plan, Prepare and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019
CDC specific business information includes:
- Prepare Your Small Businesses and Employees
- Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
- Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
- General Business FAQs
- Worker Safety Website information:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Protecting Workers During A Pandemic (04/25/2020)
OSHA has developed interim guidance to help prevent worker exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The general guidance below applies to all U.S. workers and employers. Depending on where their operations fall in OSHA's exposure risk pyramid (Spanish), workers and employers should also consult additional, specific guidance for those at increased risk of exposure in the course of their job duties broken down by exposure risk level. OSHA's Control and Prevention webpage provides resources and information such as:
- General Guidance for All Workers and Employers
- Interim Guidance for Workers and Employers of Workers at Lower Risk of Exposure
- Interim Guidance for Workers and Employers of Workers at Increased Risk of Occupational Exposure
- Interim Guidance for Specific Worker Groups and Their Employee
Specific interim guidance (webpages):
- Healthcare
- Dentistry
- Emergency response and public safety
- Postmortem care
- Meat and poultry processing (developed in partnership with CDC)
- Laboratories
- Airline operations
- Border protection and transportation security
- Correctional facility operations
- Solid waste and wastewater management
- Environmental (i.e., janitorial) services
- In-home repair services
- Business travelers
- Travel to areas where the virus is spreading
OSHA Worker Alert Fact Sheets
- 10 Steps All Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 (Spanish) (Chinese) (Simplified Chinese)
- Prevent Worker Exposure to COVID-19 (Spanish)
- Worker Exposure Risk to COVID-19 (Spanish)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Construction Workers (Spanish)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Dental Practitioners
- COVID-19 Guidance for Manufacturing Industry Workforce (Spanish)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Package Delivery Workforce (Spanish)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Retail Worker (Spanish)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants & Beverage Vendors Offering Takeout or Curbside Pickup (Spanish)
Find additional OSHA resources and information for protecting workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).