COVID-19 Preparedness & Response Plan

For Lower and Medium Exposure Risk Employers ONLY

General

The following COVID-19 preparedness & response plan has been established for Blink Cabling and IT LLC, in accordance with MIOSHA Emergency Rules for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this plan is to minimize or eliminate employee exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

The Emergency Rules have general safeguards applicable for all workplaces and specific safeguards for certain industries. Matthew Tracy (President) has read these emergency rules carefully, developed the safeguards appropriate to Blink Cabling and IT LLC based on its type of business or operation, and has incorporated those safeguards into this COVID-19 preparedness and response plan.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC has designated one or more worksites supervisors to implement, monitor, and report on the COVID-19 control strategies developed in this plan. The worksite supervisor(s) is Matthew Tracy, Benjamin Szczypka. The supervisor will remain on-site at all times when employees are present on site. An on-site employee may be designated to perform the supervisory role.

The plan will be made readily available to our employees and their representatives. The plan will be made available via www.blinkcablingandit.com and Physical Copy in all company vehicles.

Exposure Determination

Blink Cabling and IT LLC has evaluated routine and reasonably anticipated tasks and procedures for all employees to determine whether there is actual or reasonably anticipated employee exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Matthew Tracy was responsible for the exposure determination.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC has determined that its employees' jobs fall into only the lower exposure and medium exposure risk categories as defined by the OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19:

■ Lower Exposure Risk Jobs. These jobs do not require contact with known or suspected cases of COVID-19 nor frequent close contact (for example, within six feet) with the general public. Workers in this category have minimal occupational contact with the public and other coworkers. Examples are small offices, small manufacturing plants (less than 10 employees), small construction operations (less than 10 employees), and low-volume retail establishments, provided employees have infrequent close contact with coworkers and the public.

■ Medium Exposure Risk Jobs. These jobs are those that require frequent or close contact (for example, within six feet) with people who may be infected with SARS-CoV-2, but who are not known or suspected COVID-19 patients. Examples are most jobs at manufacturing plants, construction sites, schools, high-volume retail settings, and other high-population-density work environments.

Matthew Tracy verifies that Blink Cabling and IT LLC has no high-risk exposure jobs. High exposure risk jobs have high potential for exposure to known and suspected cases of COVID-19. Examples are most jobs in healthcare, medical transport, nursing homes and residential care facilities, mortuaries, law enforcement, and correctional facilities. This sample plan is not intended for employers who have high exposure risk jobs.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC has categorized its jobs as follows:

NOTE: Some jobs may have more than one type of exposure risk depending on the task or qualifying factors.

Job/Task	Exposure Risk Determination (Lower or Medium)	Qualifying Factors (Ex. No Public Contact, Public Contact)
Traveling to Job Sites	Medium	Close Proximity
Camera Installations	Medium	Public Contact
In Home Wiring	Medium	Public Contact
Structured Wiring	Low	No Public Contact

Engineering Controls

Blink Cabling and IT LLC has implemented feasible engineering controls to minimize or eliminate employee exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Engineering controls involve isolating employees from work-related hazards using ventilation and other engineered solutions. In workplaces where they are appropriate, these types of controls reduce exposure to hazards without relying on worker behavior and can be the most cost-effective solution to implement.

For lower exposure risk jobs, new engineering controls are not required. For medium exposure risk jobs, engineering controls can include:

■ Installing physical barriers (such as clear plastic sneeze guards) between coworkers or between workers and customers.

■ Installing a drive-through window for customer service.

■ Increasing the amount of ventilation in the building.

■ Increasing the amount of fresh outdoor air that is introduced into the building.

Matthew Tracy will be responsible for seeing that the correct engineering controls are chosen, installed, maintained for effectiveness, and serviced when necessary.

The following engineering controls have been implemented:

Job/Task	Engineering Control
Traveling to Job Sites	Masks/Vaccine
Camera Installations	Masks and Social Distancing
In Home Wiring	Masks and Social Distancing
Structured Wiring	Masks/Vaccine and Social Distancing

Administrative Controls

Administrative controls are workplace policies, procedures, and practices that minimize or eliminate employee exposure to the hazard. Matthew Tracy (President) will be responsible for seeing that the correct administrative controls are chosen, implemented and maintained for effectiveness.

The following administrative controls have been established for Blink Cabling and IT LLC:

(Choose the controls below that are feasible for your workplace. Delete the controls that are not feasible or applicable. Add additional rows for other feasible administrative controls that will be implemented. In the first column, indicate which jobs or tasks will use each administrative control.)

Job/Task	Administrative Control (For Example, Workplace Distancing, Remote Work, Notifying Customers)
All Employees	Maintain at least six feet from everyone on the worksite.
All Employees	Restrict face-to-face meetings. Communicate with others through phone, email, teleconferencing, and web conferencing.
All Employees	Minimize the sharing of tools, equipment, and items.
All Employees	Provide employees with non-medical grade face coverings (cloth face coverings).
All Employees	Require employees to wear cloth face coverings when they cannot consistently maintain six feet of separation from other individuals in the workplace.
All Employees	Encourage proper cough and sneeze etiquette by employees, including covering coughs and sneezes and coughing and sneezing in one’s elbows rather than hands.
Supervisors	Ensure that sick leave policies are flexible and consistent with public health guidance, so employees do not go to work sick.
Supervisors	Do not require a healthcare provider’s note for employees who are sick with acute respiratory illness to validate their illness.
Supervisors	Maintain flexible policies that permit employees to stay home to care for a sick family member.

Hand Hygiene

Matthew Tracy will be responsible for seeing that adequate handwashing facilities are available in the workplace and that regular handwashing is required. Frequency of such handwashing will be determined in part by factors such as when and how often the employees’ hands are potentially exposed to SARS-CoV-2. When handwashing facilities are not available, Blink Cabling and IT LLC shall provide employees with antiseptic hand sanitizers or towelettes. Blink Cabling and IT LC will provide time for employees to wash hands frequently and to use hand sanitizer.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC shall promote frequent and thorough hand washing, including by providing workers, customers, and worksite visitors with a place to wash their hands. If soap and running water are not immediately available, provide antiseptic hand sanitizers or alcohol-based hand towelettes containing at least 60 percent alcohol.

Disinfection of Environmental Surfaces

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will increase facility cleaning and disinfection to limit exposure to COVID-19, especially on high-touch surfaces (for example, door handles), paying special attention to parts, products, and shared equipment (for example tools, machinery, vehicles). Blink Cabling and IT LLC will make cleaning supplies available to employees upon entry and at the worksite.

Supervisors will be responsible for seeing that environmental surfaces in the workplace are cleaned and disinfected. Frequency of such disinfection will be determined in part by factors such as when and how often the environmental surfaces are potentially exposed to SARS-CoV-2. When choosing cleaning chemicals, Blink Cabling and IT LLC will consult information on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved disinfectant labels with claims against emerging viral pathogens. Products with EPA-approved emerging viral pathogens claims are expected to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 based on data for harder to kill viruses. The manufacturer’s instructions for use of all cleaning and disinfection products will be strictly adhered to.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will perform enhanced cleaning and disinfection after persons confirmed to have COVID-19 have been in a work area. In the interim, that work area will be temporarily closed, and employees will be sent home or relocated. Supervisors will be responsible for seeing that this protocol is followed.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will provide employees with the types of personal protective equipment, including respirators if necessary, for protection from SARS-CoV-2 appropriate to the exposure risk associated with the job. The employer must follow current CDC and OSHA guidance for personal protective equipment.

All types of PPE are to be:

■ Selected based upon the hazard to the worker.

■ Properly fitted and periodically refitted as applicable.

■ Consistently and properly worn.

■ Regularly inspected, maintained, and replaced, as necessary.

■ Properly removed, cleaned, and stored or disposed of, as applicable, to avoid contamination of self, others, or the environment.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will provide non-medical grade face coverings (cloth face coverings) to employees (cloth face coverings are technically not considered PPE). Blink Cabling and IT LLC will require employees to wear face coverings when they cannot consistently maintain six feet of separation from other individuals in the workplace. Blink Cabling and IT LLC will consider face shields when employees cannot consistently maintain three feet of separation from other individuals in the workplace.

The following type(s) of PPE have been selected for use:

Job/Task	PPE
Indoor Work	Mask
Close Proximity Work (Outdoors)	Mask

Health Surveillance

Blink Cabling and IT LLC. will conduct a daily entry self-screening protocol for all employees or

contractors entering the workplace, including, at a minimum, a questionnaire covering

symptoms and suspected or confirmed exposure to people with possible COVID-19,

together with, if possible, a temperature screening. Supervisor will be responsible for ensuring that all required health surveillance provisions are performed.

As workers enter the place of employment at the start of each work shift, Blink Cabling and IT LLC will have employees self-screen for COVID-19. Blink Cabling and IT LLC will have employees complete a questionnaire covering the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 and their exposure to people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. When obtainable, a no-touch thermometer will be used for temperature screening of employees. Blink Cabling and IT LLC will similarly screen contractors, suppliers, and any other individuals entering the worksite.

Employees have been directed to promptly report any signs and symptoms of COVID-19 to Supervisors before and during the work shift. Blink Cabling and IT LLC has provided employees with instructions for how to make such a report to the employer.

The specific instructions for employee reporting signs and symptoms of COVID-19 are as follows:

(LIST REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES)

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will physically isolate any employees with known or suspected COVID-19 from the remainder of the workforce, using measures such as, but are not limited to:

■ Not allowing known or suspected cases to report to or remain at their work location.

■ Sending known or suspected cases to a location (for example, home) where they are self-isolating during their illness.

■ Assigning known or suspected cases to work alone at the location where they are self-isolating during their illness.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will not discharge, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against employees who stay at home or who leave work when they are at particular risk of infecting others with COVID-19.

When an employee is identified with a confirmed case of COVID-19, Matthew Tracy (President) will notify the local public health department immediately, and any co-workers, contractors, or suppliers who may have come into contact with the person who is the confirmed case of COVID-19, within 24 hours. When notifying coworkers, contractors, and suppliers, Blink Cabling and IT LLC will not reveal the name or identity of the confirmed case.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will allow employees with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 to return to the workplace only after they are no longer infectious according to the latest guidelines from the CDC.

Training

Matthew Tracy shall coordinate SARS-CoV-2 training and ensure compliance with all training requirements.

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will train workers on, at a minimum:

■ Workplace infection-control practices.

■ The proper use of personal protective equipment.

■ Steps the employee must take to notify the business or operation of any symptoms of COVID-19 or a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19.

■ How to report unsafe working conditions.

Matthew Tracy shall create a record of the training. Records should include the name of the employee(s) trained and the date of the training.

Recordkeeping

Blink Cabling and IT LLC will maintain records of the following requirements:

■ Training. The employer shall maintain a record of all COVID-19 employee training.

■ Screening protocols. The employer shall maintain a record of screening for each employee or visitor entering the workplace.

■ When an employee is identified with a confirmed case of COVID-19, record when the local public health department was notified; as well as any co-workers, contractors, or suppliers who may have come into contact with the person who was the confirmed case of COVID-19.

Matthew Tracy will ensure that the records are kept.

FREE onsite consultation service for employers

To help employers better understand and voluntarily comply with the MIOSHA Act, free Onsite Consultation programs are available to help small employers Identify and correct potential safety and health hazards.

Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Consultation Education and Training Division

530 W. Allegan Street, P.O. Box 30643

Lansing, Michigan 48909-8143

For further information or to request consultation, education and training services

call 517-284-7720 or visit our website at www.michigan.gov/miosha.

(MIOSHA/CET-5700 -- Revised 10/23/20)