Site specific health and safety plan Code of Safe Practices

As part of the Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan, contractors should draft and implement a Code of Safe Practices that will, at a minimum, require staff/labor to follow the following guidelines during the course of their work:

• If you feel sick, and/or have been exposed to anyone who is sick, stay at home.  You may be required to provide a test result showing a negative result (not infected) before being allowed to return to work.  This is critical to preventing the spread of the virus. 
• Wash hands frequently for at least 20 seconds with soap and water.  Avoid touching your face with un-sanitized hands.  Avoid touching common surfaces with bare hands. 
• Constantly observe your work distances in relation to other staff.  Maintain the recommended 6 feet at all times when not wearing the necessary personal protective equipment for working in close proximity to another person.  
• Do not shake hands or make other direct contact with other staff.
• Do not carpool with other staff unless they are family members living within your household. 
• Do not share phones.   
• Use of microwaves, water coolers and other similar group equipment for breaks are suspended until further notice. 
• Clean personal tools prior to use, as well as group tools. 
• If your task requires working in close proximity to another person, review the required Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) to ensure you are equipped with the proper personal protective equipment and are trained in and understand the directions for use.  Do not start any task until you have been properly equipped and trained on procedures. 
• Ensure you clean and maintain your personal protective equipment and do not loan any item out to other staff. 
• Disposable personal protective equipment, paper towels, and similar waste must be deposited in non-touch waste bins. 
• Do not cough or sneeze into your hand; rather, direct coughs and sneezes into the crook of your arm at your elbow; follow established CDC guidelines.  
• Workers should change work clothes and shoes prior to arriving at home.  All clothing should not be shaken out.  Launder work clothes separate from other laundry. 

Read the full Construction Field Safety Guidelines.