Question: How can social distancing be maintained in warehouses and factories?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Factories, plants and warehouses
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
section_content: In this section

3.1 Coming to work and leaving work
3.2 Moving around buildings and worksites
3.3 Workplaces and workstations
3.4 Meetings
3.5 Common areas
3.6 Accidents, security and other incidents

Objective: To maintain 2m social-distancing wherever possible, including while
arriving at and departing from work, while in work, and when travelling
between sites.
You must maintain social distancing in the workplace wherever possible.
Where the social distancing guidelines cannot be followed in full in relation
to a particular activity, businesses should consider whether that activity
needs to continue for the business to operate, and, if so, take all the
mitigating actions possible to reduce the risk of transmission between their
staff.
Mitigating actions include:

further increasing the frequency of hand washing and surface cleaning
keeping the activity time involved as short as possible
using screens or barriers to separate people from each other
using back-to-back or side-to-side working (rather than face-to-face) whenever possible.
reducing the number of people each person has contact with by using ‘fixed teams or partnering’ (so each person works with only a few others).

Social distancing applies to all parts of a business, not just the place where
people spend most of their time, but also entrances and exits, break rooms and
canteens and similar settings. These are often the most challenging areas to
maintain social distancing.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has detailed guidance about maintaining social distance in the workplace.
There is detailed information about how to maintain social distancing in the workplace.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Factories, plants and warehouses
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.1 Coming to work and leaving work
section_content: Objective: To maintain social-distancing wherever possible, on arrival and
departure and to ensure handwashing upon arrival.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Staggering arrival and departure times at work to reduce crowding into and out of the workplace, taking account of the impact on those with protected characteristics.


Providing additional parking or facilities such as bike racks to help people walk, run, or cycle to work where possible.


Limiting passengers in corporate vehicles, for example, work minibuses. This could include leaving seats empty.


Reducing congestion, for example, by having more entry points to the workplace.


Using markings and introducing one-way flow at entry and exit points.


Providing handwashing facilities, or hand sanitiser where not possible, at entry and exit points.


Providing alternatives to touch-based security devices such as keypads.


Defining process alternatives for entry and exit points where appropriate, for example, deactivating pass readers at turnstiles in favour of showing a pass to security personnel at a distance.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has a detailed list of information about how to maintain social distance at work.
This only addresses social distancing and hand washing when coming to and leaving work, but not during the day.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Factories, plants and warehouses
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.5 Common areas
section_content: Objective: To maintain social-distancing while using common areas.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Staggering break times to reduce pressure on break rooms or places to eat.


Using safe outside areas for breaks.


Creating additional space by using other parts of the worksite or building that have been freed up by remote working.


Using protective screening for staff in receptions or similar areas.


Providing packaged meals or similar to avoid opening staff canteens, where possible.


Reconfiguring seating and tables to maintain spacing and reduce face-to-face interactions.


Encouraging staff to stay on-site during working hours.


Considering use of social distance marking for other common areas such as toilets, showers, lockers and changing rooms and in any other areas where queues typically form.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has detailed information about maintaining social distancing in the workplace. Fully on topic.
These are good tips to maintain social distancing but it focuses on break and common areas.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Could be Improved