It is the employer’s responsibility to identify workplace hazards, establish a written respiratory program and provide employees with appropriate respiratory protection.
The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) has adopted a regulation requiring employers to provide respiratory protection to all employees working outside for longer than one hour when the air quality index (AQI) reaches 151 or greater.
Regardless of your industry, communicating messages around social distancing, sanitation and healthy practices are key to providing a safe space for your employees and customers.
Healthcare workers often use surgical masks and N95s, but there are other effective forms of respiratory protection such as the reusable respirator (RR) and the powered air purifying respirator (PAPR).
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