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Personal Safety
Employees should be screened for COVID-19 related symptoms and report such symptoms to the line manager / supervisor immediately.
• Employees to complete a self-
declaration upon returning to
work each day Employees
must be screened when they
arrive at work - temperatures
should be taken and it should
be equal to or below 37.5°C.
o Temperature
measurements should
not be used in isolation
as the employee may be
asymptomatic or on
medication
• Direct all workers to report to
their line/ COVID-19 manager if:
• they are experiencing any
symptoms
• they have been, or have
potentially been, exposed to
a person who has been
diagnosed with COVID-19 or
is suspected to have COVID-
19 (even if the person who is
suspected to have COVID-19
has not yet been tested), or
• they have undertaken, or are
planning to undertake, any
long-distance travel
• Should an employee present a
cough, sore throat, shortness of
breath or fever/chills, he/she
must be isolated from all
employees and sent for medical
evaluation and if so, determined
by the medical professional, sent
for COVID-19 testing.
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Personal Safety
Employees should be screened for COVID-19 related symptoms and report such symptoms to the line manager / supervisor / COVID-19
Manager immediately.
• Encourage workers to report if they observe another worker is displaying any symptoms.
• Stop workers working if they are displaying symptoms.
• Stop workers who have contracted COVID-19 from returning to the workplace until they provide
documentation from their medical professional, declaring them fit for work.
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Physical Distancing
• Have meetings by phone or online instead
of in person. If not possible, meetings to be
held in a large space and keep meetings
short and keep attendance to a minimum.
• Provide social distancing markers on the
floor in areas where workers perform tasks
• Nominate a person on the work floor to be
responsible for keeping everyone at the
required 1.5m distance apart
• Enable employees who can work from
home to do so.
• Display posters around the workplace on
keeping at least 1.5 metres distance
between all employees
• Adjust work stations, desks and tables in
work areas, to enable employees to
comply with physical distancing
• If possible, establish staggered shift
arrangements so less staff are in the
workplace at any given time
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• Establish hand sanitiser stations at entry and
exit points
• Ensure that facilities are well stocked with soap
and paper towels
• Limit the spread of germs, by encouraging not
to touch your their face, by sneezing into their
elbow, and staying home if feeling sick
• Instruct your workers to limit contact with
others – no shaking of hands or touching
objects unless necessary.
• Ensure any areas frequented by workers or
others (e.g. visitors to your premises) are
cleaned at least daily with detergent or
disinfectant
Hand Washing & Hygiene
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• Clean frequently touched areas and
surfaces several times a day with a
detergent or disinfectant solution
• Instruct employees to clean personal
property that they bring to work, such as
mobile phones, with disinfectant wipes
• Ensure that posters are displayed with
instructions on how to hand wash/hand
rub
• Ensure that the sharing of objects, tools
and phones etc. are not permitted
without sanitizing of objects and hands
before and after use
Hand Washing & Hygiene
