COVID-19: Workplace Safety
Learning objectives
- Recognize how COVID-19 spreads and the types of work that present a high risk for exposure
- Identify actions individuals can take to prevent the spread of COVID-19
- Identify your employerrs responsibilities related to protecting you from COVID-19
- Recognize workplace controls that will help to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Course overview
This lesson will address the hazards posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19), how it is transmitted, its symptoms and how to respond to them, and the types of work that present a high risk of exposure. You will also learn how you can prevent the spread of COVID-19, your employer's responsibilities related to protecting you from exposure to the virus, and the types of controls that can be used in your workplace too that will help prevent its spread. This training is subject to change as research on the virus and its variants continues.
The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.
- 28 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- Tier: 2
- Course ID: 10216
English, Spanish, French Canadian, Korean, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Hindi, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese
Course Outline
- COVID-19 Basics
- COVID-19 Protections
Regulations
- 29 CFR 1904 Subpart E - Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness 1904.39 Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart U - COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard, 1910.502 Healthcare
- 29 CFR Subpart U - COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard, 1910.504 Mini Respiratory Protection Program
- OSH Act of 1970, Section 5, Duties
- OSHA 1977 - Discrimination against Employees under OSHA Act of 1970 1977.3 General Requirements of Section 11(c) of the Act