Required and Voluntary Occupational Use of Hazard Controls for COVID-19 Prevention in Non–Health Care Workplaces — United States, June 2020

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Billock, Rachael M. ; Free, Hannah ; Groenewold, Matthew R. ; Haring Sweeney, Marie ; Luckhaupt, Sara E.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Certain hazard controls, including physical barriers, masks, and other personal protective equipment are recommended to reduce workplace COVID-19 transmission, but use is poorly characterized. What is added by this report? In June 2020, fewer than one half of nonremote, non-health care workers reported use of hazard controls to prevent COVID-19, and slightly more than one half of these reported required use. Voluntary use was approximately double (22 percentage points higher) among workers whose employers provided hazard controls than among those whose employers did not. This association was stronger among lower-income workers. What are the implications for public health practice? Employers can help protect workers against COVID-19 by requiring and encouraging occupational hazard control use and providing recommended hazard controls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Architectural Accessibility Behavior Communicable Diseases Coronavirus COVID-19 Hazardous Substances Mandatory Programs Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Public Health Respiratory Protective Devices Risk Assessment Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Viral Diseases Voluntary Programs Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Public health; Humans; Behavior; Hazard controls; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Personal protective equipment; PPE; Recommendations; Socioeconomics; Face masks; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Viral diseases; Infection control; Risk management; Work operations; Worker health; Worker safety
• Source:
  MMWR 2021 Feb; 70(7):250-253
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Pubmed ID:
  33600383
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7891693
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062083
• Contact Point Address:
  Rachael Billock, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Cincinnati, OH
• Email:
  qlf9@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2a98d3b39c555bb88e44274b48d08c50befd3de297c1161cc71e3ea9411f821d5a3f92af9a6aba994f5a405af6bc83e87009024972e625bffc510b68ee08490d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103724/cdc_103724_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 245.84 KB ]