Question: What can I do to protect my employees as a transport operator who still have to come to work during the pandemic?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators
section_headers: Workforce planning
Protecting workers in the workplace
section_content: Where workers are unable to work from home, you should be taking steps to
reduce transmission from face-to-face interaction and enable social distancing
in the workplace.
Organisations could consider:

Making workforce travel plans in advance of workers returning to work.
As far as possible, where workers are split into teams or shift groups, fixing these teams or shift groups so that where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.
Where shift patterns are not already in place, consider introducing these to enable more workers to work during a 24-hour period while having as few workers as possible on-site at any one time.
Identifying areas where people must pass things directly to each other (for example documents, spare parts, cargo, raw materials) or share tools/equipment, and look for ways to remove direct contact through use of drop-off points or transfer zones.
Using remote working tools to avoid meetings with lots of people.
If meetings are necessary, keeping all attendees 2 metres apart, ensure they do not share objects, such as pens and paper, and have hand sanitiser accessible.
Using digital means to communicate shift patterns.
Staggering break times to reduce pressure on break rooms or canteens.
Designating outside areas as common areas if safe to do so.
Creating additional space from other parts of the worksite or building freed up by remote working.
Using protective screening for workers in reception or similar areas.
Using packaged meals or similar to avoid opening canteens.
Reconfiguring seating and tables to optimise spacing and reduce face-to-face situations.
Encouraging workers to stay on-site during working hours.
Using floor tape or paint to mark areas to help workers keep to a 2 metre distance.
Avoiding use of hot desks where possible. Otherwise cleaning workstations and shared equipment between different occupants.
Limiting use of high-touch items and shared office equipment (for example, printers, whiteboards).
Only essential meeting participants should attend.
Providing hand sanitiser in workspaces.
Reducing job and location rotation.
Updating first aid training.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has general information about safety at work, but doesn't specifically focus on transportation.
It's a thorough answer. It offers a bunch of different pieces of advice.

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Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators
section_headers: Who should be at work
People who need to self-isolate
section_content: Workers who have symptoms of
coronavirus or workers living in a household with someone
showing symptoms of coronavirus should self-isolate, stay at home and arrange
to have a test to see if they have
COVID-19.
Organisations should:

Enable people to work from home while self-isolating if appropriate. See current guidance for employees and employers relating to statutory sick pay due to coronavirus.
Ensure that individuals stay at home for 7 days from when symptoms started. After 7 days if there is no high temperature there is no need to continue to self-isolate. If there is still a high temperature, self-isolate until temperature returns to normal. If living with others and the individual is the first in the household to have symptoms of coronavirus, then they must stay at home for 7 days, but all other household members who remain well must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the household became ill.
Encourage workers to apply for a coronavirus test if symptomatic.
Ensure there are processes in place if someone attending the workplace shows symptoms or is infected.

There is currently no requirement to self-isolate if you have been in
proximity with someone showing coronavirus symptoms in the workplace and have
been following social distancing measures. If a worker’s symptoms match those
of coronavirus, encourage them to apply for a coronavirus
test.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has general information about self-isolation, but doesn't specifically address transportation workers.
The question said that they would have to come to work. This answer talks about working from home a lot.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators
section_headers: Who should be at work
Protecting people who are at higher risk
section_content: 
Consider the guidance on clinically extremely vulnerable and clinically vulnerable people at work.
Employers should offer support to their workers, particularly around wellbeing and mental health.

Organisations could consider:

Re-deploying clinically vulnerable people into roles where they can work from home.
If clinically vulnerable individuals cannot work from home, they and their employer should consider the level of risk, both on their journey to work and in line with the wider risk assessment of their working situation, as set out in the guidance for employers.
If re-deployment would mean not having enough people on- site to run the operations, move vulnerable workers into lower risk activities where they have the highest chance of remaining 2 metres away from others, where possible.
Providing support for workers around mental health and wellbeing. This could include guidance or telephone support for example.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Talks about clinically vulnerable people, but doesn't have guidance for transportation workers.
The question didn't mention extremely vulnerable people.

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Bad