Examples of how home furnishings manufacturers are ensuring the safety of their facilities
Responding to the threat level that their community is experiencing, home furnishings manufacturers have developed and implemented various new practices to ensure the safety of their facilities.
Alliance4Safety recommends following all state and local government guidelines, and offers these examples for companies that wish to exceed those guidelines.
Provide hand sanitizer, masks, and gloves, as needed
Encourage frequent hand washing
Limit the number of entry doors
Post signs to encourage social distancing throughout the plant
Provide a no-touch thermometer inside the entry and request that people seek immediate medical attention if their temperature is over 100 degrees
Regularly disinfect door handles and other frequently-touched surfaces
Require all persons to use hand sanitizer before entering the building
Require all persons to wear a mask upon entering the building and to keep it on at all times, except when in isolation
Require all persons to take their temperature immediately upon entering the building and to seek medical attention if temperature is greater than 100 degrees
Wipe down entry door handles and knobs after each use
Provide employees with reusable masks that they may take home
Provide all persons entering the facility with an appropriate face mask, if they do not have one
Stagger shift start times to reduce the number of people who seek to enter the facility at any given time
Mark 6-foot queueing spots at entryways
Require all persons to stay 6 feet apart as they enter the building
Establish a temperature screening station outside each door at which employees and guests may enter
Do you have: A frequent unexplained cough? Unexplained shortness of breath or difficulty breathing? Unexplained tiredness?
Within the past 14 days, have you come into close contact with someone who: Has a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or had a frequent unexplained cough, unexplained shortness of breath or difficulty breathing or unexplained tiredness?
Wipe down all temperature screening stations at the start of each day and hourly throughout the day
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