Keeping Your Business up to OSHA Standards — Stephen Rogers

Stephen Rogers is a training specialist with over 30 years of field and classroom experience. He is the Program Coordinator for Nevada’s Safety Consultation and Training Section (SCATS). In this week’s episode, he answers some of the top questions he’s been receiving about how to safely protect your staff from COVID-19.

 

Highlights:

• Stephen provides, through Nevada OSHA, safety consultation and training.
• What kinds of services does OSHA offer and how can Nevada business owners take advantage of this?
• Stephen has been getting a lot of feedback that business owners haven’t been able to find the right safety equipment (masks) to get their people back to work safely.
• What masks are acceptable to use on the job?
• What’s the best way to get a ‘back to work’ plan together?
• Stephen talks about job hazard analysis.
• What can people do if they have to ride together in a van to a remote job site?
• Can you reuse N-95 masks?
• It’s important to train your people on how to properly use a mask.
• Everyone should be talking to their people every day and asking screening questions.
• What should people do if they’ve been exposed to the virus?
• Stephen’s final piece of advice: Take care of each other. It’s a stressful time for all of us.

 

Resources:

Osha.gov

4safenv.state.nv.us

Cdc.gov