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Novel Corona Virus pandemic has affected 2,017,810 cases globally and 128,044 persons have lost their lives,492,115 recovered and 1,397,651 are currently infected worldwide(as on April 15,2020.12.52 GMT).Entire world is facing this tragedy.To break the chains of transmission Lockdown has been imposed in many countries.Apart from the disease burden and cost of preventive and curative care;there is enormous amount of loss of GDP and GNP which is only scalable by economic experts only.In the current scenario when most of industries are in shutdown mode, incurring loss on the productivity; it is imperative to find out the solution.
Following measures industries can take to run even in pandemic situation and curb their loss of productivity:
1.Continue the sanitization of workplace as per government advisories.
2.Reduce the manpower per shift to reduce gathering.
3.Even if one cannot reduce the manpower, just add safety suit(coverall.face shield,mask shoe cover and goggles all made up of the fabric that is non wetting and impervious to water).You wear moon suit for hazards available in space.Just think that we have one added biological hazard of coronavirus and we have efficient safety management system in place.
Imagine a scenario you have made compulsory for every employee to come out of home only after wearing coverall from home itself with face shield ,gloves,shoe cover,goggles,and nose mask.Even government makes compulsory for everyone to wear this while going out for any purpose.When employee is about to enter the factory/establishment gate,he crosses through sanitization protocol and reaches the shop floor.(Sanitization protocol involves 1 % Sodium hypochlorite/3% Hydrogen Peroxide on impervious coverall and over gloves while wearing.No body part would come in direct contact with the chemical.)At shop floor he does his job for a shift and after getting out of the plant the same protocol of sanitization before leaving home. In this way none of his personal clothes which is worn inside the suit gets infected(while going for job/while doing job/while returning home.).All the workers would remain in TECHNICAL ISOLATION since everyone would be in full PPE.
Just think to consider one more element NOVEL CORONAVIRUS in your workplace HIRA(Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment).And exercise the hierarchy of controls in order:
1.Elimination
2.Substitution
3.Engineering Controls
4.Administrative Controls
5.Personal Protective Equipments
