Western Pallet Magazine March 2020 | Page 22

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COVID-19 Prevention Tips Shared by WPA Members

WPA members contacted in our telephone and email survey shared the following advice regarding COVID-19 precautionary measures to take:

- Employee training on safety procedures, in multiple languages, as

required

- Establishment of social distancing policy

- Restricting access to the office

- Restricting access to the lunchroom or requiring smaller lunch

groupings to promote distancing

- Adjusting work stations as needed to meet distancing requirements

- Visitor and travel restrictions, logging any onsite visits by outsiders

- Providing letter for employees on company letterhead explaining

their role in the critical workforce

- Working from home where practical

- Digital temperature gun to help determine if an employee has a

fever

- Requiring any employees exhibiting symptoms to stay home

- Mandatory self-quarantine period if employees have traveled

internationally

- Adjusting procedures to minimize communal surface touchpoints

- Ongoing communication with employees and trading partners

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COVID-19 Prevention Tips Shared by WPA Members

WPA members contacted in our telephone and email survey shared the following advice regarding COVID-19 precautionary measures to take:

- Employee training on safety procedures, in multiple languages, as

required

- Establishment of social distancing policy

- Restricting access to the office

- Restricting access to the lunchroom or requiring smaller lunch

groupings to promote distancing

- Adjusting work stations as needed to meet distancing requirements

- Visitor and travel restrictions, logging any onsite visits by outsiders

- Providing letter for employees on company letterhead explaining

their role in the critical workforce

- Working from home where practical

- Digital temperature gun to help determine if an employee has a

fever

- Requiring any employees exhibiting symptoms to stay home

- Mandatory self-quarantine period if employees have traveled

internationally

- Adjusting procedures to minimize communal surface touchpoints

- Ongoing communication with employees and trading partners

COVID-19 Prevention Tips Shared by WPA Members

WPA members contacted in our telephone and email survey shared the following advice regarding COVID-19 precautionary measures to take:

- Employee training on safety procedures, in multiple languages, as

required

- Establishment of social distancing policy

- Restricting access to the office

- Restricting access to the lunchroom or requiring smaller lunch

groupings to promote distancing

- Adjusting work stations as needed to meet distancing requirements

- Visitor and travel restrictions, logging any onsite visits by outsiders

- Providing letter for employees on company letterhead explaining

their role in the critical workforce

- Working from home where practical

- Digital temperature gun to help determine if an employee has a

fever

- Requiring any employees exhibiting symptoms to stay home

- Mandatory self-quarantine period if employees have traveled

internationally

- Adjusting procedures to minimize communal surface touchpoints

- Ongoing communication with employees and trading partners

NWPCA COVID-19 Resources

Here are some of the COVID-19 prevention ideas shared by WPA-members:

- Employee training on safety procedures, in multiple

languages, as required

- Establishment of social distancing policy

- Restricting access to the office

- Restricting access to the lunchroom or requiring smaller lunch

groupings to promote distancing

- Adjusting work stations as needed to meet distancing

requirements

- Visitor and travel restrictions, logging any onsite visits by

outsiders

- Providing letter for employees on company letterhead

explaining their role in the critical workforce

- Working from home where practical

- Digital temperature gun to help determine if an employee has

a fever

- Requiring any employees exhibiting symptoms to stay home

- Mandatory self-quarantine period if employees have traveled

internationally

- Adjusting procedures to minimize communal surface

touchpoints

- Ongoing communication with employees and trading partners