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20200415 SOH Worker Safety Order | Quarantine | Infection
20200415 SOH Worker Safety Order
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Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine signed an order directing protections for critical workers who are employed at businesses that are authorized to maintain in-person operations during the COVID-19 disaster emergency.
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be transmitted from people who are infected with the virus even if they are asymptomatic
or their symptoms are mild, such as a cough. Additionally, exposure is possible by touching
a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching one’s mouth, nose, or eyes.
COVID-19 is a threat to the public’s health, for which the Secretary of Health may
order general control measures, including, but not limited to, closure, isolation, and
quarantine. This authority is granted to the Secretary of Health pursuant to Pennsylvania
law. See Section 5 of the Disease Prevention and Control Law, 35 P.S. §§ 521.1, 521.5;
sections 2102 and 2106 of the Administrative Code of 1929, 71 P.S. §§ 532, 536; and the
Department of Health’s (Department’s) regulations at 28 Pa. Code §§ 27.60-27.68 (relating
to disease control measures; isolation; quarantine; movement of persons subject to isolation
or quarantine; and release from isolation and quarantine). Particularly, the Secretary has
the authority to take any disease control measure appropriate to protect the public from the
spread of infectious disease. See 35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 1402(a); 28 Pa. Code
§ 28.60.
Recognizing that certain life-sustaining businesses in the Commonwealth must
remain open despite the need for strong mitigation to slow the spread of the virus, I am
ordering certain actions to be taken by employers and their employees to protect their
health and lives, the health and lives of their families, and the health and lives of the
residents of the Commonwealth who depend upon their services. Special consideration is
required to protect not only customers, but the workers needed to run and operate these
As cleaning, disinfecting, and other maintenance and security services performed
by building service employees are critical to protecting the public health by reducing
COVID-19 infection in the Commonwealth, I previously directed building safety measures
in an Order that went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on April 6, 2020. Similarly, based upon the
manner of COVID-19's continued and extensive spread in the Commonwealth and in the
world, and its danger to Pennsylvanians, I have determined that an additional appropriate
disease control measure is the further direction of safety measures for all employees and
visitors at life-sustaining businesses that have remained open during the COVID-19
Accordingly, on this date, April 15, 2020, to protect the public from the spread of
COVID-19, I hereby order:
A. A business that is authorized to maintain in-person operations, other than health
care providers, pursuant to the Orders that the Governor and I issued on March
19, 2020, as subsequently amended, shall implement, as applicable, the
following social distancing, mitigation, and cleaning protocols:
(1) in addition to maintaining pre-existing cleaning protocols established in
the business, as specified in paragraph (2) below, clean and disinfect high-
touch areas routinely in accordance with guidelines issued by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in spaces that are accessible
to customers, tenants, or other individuals;
(2) maintain pre-existing cleaning protocols established by the business for
all other areas of the building;
(3) establish protocols for execution upon discovery that the business has
been exposed to a person who is a probable or confirmed case of COVID-
19, including:
a. close off areas visited by the person who is a probable or confirmed
case of COVID-19. Open outside doors and windows and use
ventilation fans to increase air circulation in the area. Wait a
minimum of 24 hours, or as long as practical, before beginning
cleaning and disinfection. Cleaning staff should clean and disinfect
all areas such as offices, bathrooms, common areas including but
not limited to employee break rooms, conference or training rooms
and dining facilities, shared electronic equipment like tablets, touch
screens, keyboards, remote controls, and ATM machines used by
the ill person, focusing especially on frequently touched areas;
b. identify employees that were in close contact (within about 6 feet
for about 10 minutes) with a person with a probable or confirmed
case of COVID-19 from the period 48 hours before symptom onset
to the time at which the patient isolated;
i. If the employee remains asymptomatic, the person should
adhere to the practices set out by the CDC in its April 8,
2020 Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practice
for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had
Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed
ii. If the employee becomes sick during the work day, the
person should be sent home immediately. Surfaces in the
employee’s workspace should be cleaned and disinfected.
Information on other employees who had contact with the
ill employee during the time the employee had symptoms
and 48 hours prior to symptoms should be compiled.
Others at the workplace with close contact within 6 feet of
the employee during this time would be considered
iii. Promptly notify employees who were close contacts of any
known exposure to COVID-19 at the business premises,
consistent with applicable confidentiality laws;
iv. ensure that the business has a sufficient number of
employees to perform the above protocols effectively and
c. implement temperature screening before an employee enters the
business, prior to the start of each shift or, for employees who do not
work shifts, before the employee starts work, and send employees
home that have an elevated temperature or fever of 100.4 degrees
Fahrenheit or higher. Ensure employees practice social distancing
while waiting to have temperatures screened;
d. employees who have symptoms (i.e., fever, cough, or shortness of
breath) should notify their supervisor and stay home;
e. sick employees should follow CDC-recommended steps.
Employees should not return to work until the CDC criteria
to discontinue home isolation are met, in consultation with
healthcare providers and state and local health departments.
Employers are encouraged to implement liberal paid time off for
employees who do not return to work as set forth above.
(4) stagger work start and stop times for employees when practicable to
prevent gatherings of large groups entering or leaving the premises at the
(5) provide sufficient amount of space for employees to have breaks and
meals while maintaining a social distance of 6 feet, while arranging
seating to have employees facing forward and not across from each other
in eating and break settings;
(6) stagger employee break times to reduce the number of employees on
break at any given time so that appropriate social distancing of at least 6
feet may be followed;
(7) limit persons in employee common areas (such as locker or break rooms,
dining facilities, training or conference rooms) at any one time to the
number of employees that can maintain a social distance of 6 feet;
(8) conduct meetings and trainings virtually (i.e., by phone or through the
internet). If a meeting must be held in person, limit the meeting to the
fewest number of employees possible, not to exceed 10 employees at one
time, and maintain a social distance of 6 feet;
(9) provide employees access to regular handwashing with soap, hand
sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes and ensure that common areas (including
but not limited to break rooms, locker rooms, dining facilities, rest rooms,
conference or training rooms) are cleaned on a regular basis, including
between any shifts;
(10) provide masks for employees to wear during their time at the business,
and make it a mandatory requirement to wear masks while on the work
site, except to the extent an employee is using break time to eat or drink,
in accordance with the guidance from the Department of Health and the
CDC. Employers may approve masks obtained or made by employees in
accordance with Department of Health guidance;
(11) ensure that the facility has a sufficient number of employees to perform
all measures listed effectively and in a manner that ensures the safety of
the public and employees;
(12) ensure that the facility has a sufficient number of personnel to control
access, maintain order, and enforce social distancing of at least 6 feet;
(13) prohibit non-essential visitors from entering the premises of the business;
(14) ensure that all employees are made aware of these required procedures by
communicating them, either orally or in writing, in their native or
preferred language, as well as in English or by a methodology that allows
B. In addition to the above, the following measures apply to businesses, other than
health care providers, that serve the public within a building or a defined area:
(1) where feasible, businesses should conduct business with the public by
appointment only and to the extent that this is not feasible, businesses must
limit occupancy to no greater than 50% of the number stated on the
applicable certificate of occupancy at any given time, as necessary to reduce
crowding in the business, and must maintain a social distance of 6 feet at
check-out and counter lines, and must place signage throughout each site to
mandate social distancing for both customers and employees;
(2) based on the building size and number of employees, alter hours of business
so that the business has sufficient time to clean or to restock or both;
(3) install shields or other barriers at registers and check-out areas to physically
separate cashiers and customers or take other measures to ensure social
distancing of customers from check-out personnel, or close lines to maintain
a social distance between of 6 feet between lines;
(5) designate a specific time for high-risk and elderly persons to use the
business at least once every week if there is a continuing in-person
customer-facing component;
(6) require all customers to wear masks while on premises, and deny entry to
individuals not wearing masks, unless the business is providing medication,
medical supplies, or food, in which case the business must provide
alternative methods of pick-up or delivery of such goods; however,
individuals who cannot wear a mask due to a medical condition (including
children under the age of 2 years per CDC guidance) may enter the premises
and are not required to provide documentation of such medical condition;
(7) in businesses with multiple check-out lines, only use every other register,
or fewer. After every hour, rotate customers and employees to the
previously closed registers. Clean the previously open registers and the
surrounding area, including credit card machines, following each rotation;
(9) where carts and handbaskets are available for customers’ use, assign an
employee to wipe down carts and handbaskets before they become available
to each customer entering the premises.
This Order shall take effect immediately and be enforceable as of 8:00 p.m. on April
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