Occupational Health and Safety Considerations for Reopening and Operating During the Pandemic

Looking for some guidance on how to re-open your business safely? Here is a great document from the CSA Standards Group: Occupational Health and Safety Considerations for Reopening and Operating During the Pandemic

This document presents two separate but related pieces of work:

Part A:  presents a detaled research report that provides a summary of existing guidelines, scientific literature, and expert opinion relevant to reopening workplaces and to occupational health and safety at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report is intended for those who want to better understand recommended practices, the evidence available, and areas where there is a need for more evidence before consensus can be reached.

Part B: provides an evidence-informed guidance document that workplaces can use to inform safe work practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. These practices are intended to support workplace parties in reopening safely and implementing ongoing occupational health and safety practices to protect workers from SARS-CoV-2.

The work from these documents may be used to initiate the development of a new Canadian standard focused on workplaces during an infectious disease pandemic. This standard would be developed using an accredited standard development process, including the establishment of a dedicated technical committee, consensus-building processes, and a period of public review and comment.