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What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
As a bus transit operator, how can I protect myself?
For bus transit operators, potential sources of exposure include having close
contact with a bus passenger with COVID-19, by contacting surfaces touched or
handled by a person with COVID-19, or by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

Limit close contact with others by maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet, when possible.
Consider asking bus passengers to enter and exit the bus through rear entry doors.
Request passengers avoid standing or sitting within 6 feet of the bus driver.
Avoid touching surfaces often touched by bus passengers.
Use gloves if required to touch surfaces contaminated by body fluids.
Practice routine cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces, including surfaces in the driver cockpit commonly touched by the operator.
Proper hand hygiene is an important infection control measure. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Key times to clean hands in general include: 
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
After using the toilet
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing


Additional times to clean hands on the job include: 
Before and after work shifts
Before and after work breaks
After touching frequently touched surfaces, such as fareboxes and handrails
After putting on, touching, or removing cloth face coverings


Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
What Bus Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
What steps should my employer take?
Employers of bus transit operators should develop a COVID-19 health and safety
plan to protect employees according to CDC business
guidance.
This plan should be shared with you and your coworkers. Your employer should:

Institute measures to physically separate or force distance greater than 6 feet between bus transit operators and passengers. These may include use of physical partitions or visual cues (e.g., floor decals, colored tape, or signs to indicate to passengers where they should not sit or stand near the bus operator).
Take steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if an employee is sick. Actively encourage sick employees to stay home. Sick employees should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met, in consultation with healthcare providers and state and local health departments.
Provide information on who to contact if employees become sick.
Implement flexible sick leave and supportive policies and practices. Consider drafting non-punitive emergency sick leave policies if sick leave is not offered to some or all employees.
Designate someone to be responsible for responding to COVID-19 concerns. Employees should know who this person is and how to contact them.
Provide employees with correct information about COVID-19, how it spreads, and risk of exposure.
Conduct worksite assessments to identify COVID-19 prevention strategies.
Provide employees training on proper hand washing practices and other routine infection control precautions. This will help prevent the spread of many diseases, including COVID-19.
Provide employees access to soap, clean running water, and drying materials or alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol at their worksite.
Provide employees with appropriate gloves when necessary and providing training on properly using them.
Provide disposable disinfectant wipes so that surfaces commonly touched by the bus operator can be wiped down. To disinfect, use products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2external icon, diluted household bleach solutions, or alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol, and are appropriate for the surface. Provide employees training on manufacturer’s directions for use.
Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles for use by employees.
Place posters that encourage staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and washing hands often practices at the entrance to the workplace and in other workplace areas where they are likely to be seen.
Reach out to local public health officials to establish ongoing communications to facilitate access to relevant information before and during a local outbreak.
Follow all applicable federal regulations and public health agency guidelines.
What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
As a rail transit operator, how can I protect myself?
For rail transit operators, potential sources of exposure include having close
contact with a passenger with COVID-19, by contacting surfaces touched or
handled by a person with COVID-19, or by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

Limit close contact with others by maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet, when possible.
Avoid touching surfaces often touched by transit passengers.
Practice routine cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces, including those in the train cockpit commonly touched by the operator, following the directions on the cleaning product’s label.
Use gloves if required to touch surfaces contaminated by body fluids.
Proper hand hygiene is an important infection control measure. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Key times to clean hands in general include: 
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
After using the toilet
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing


Additional times to clean hands on the job include: 
Before and after work shifts
Before and after work breaks
After touching frequently touched surfaces, such as fareboxes and handrails
After putting on, touching, or removing cloth face coverings


Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
What steps should my employer take?
Employers of rail transit operators should develop a COVID-19 health and
safety plan to protect employees according to CDC business
guidance.
This plan should be shared with you and your coworkers. Your employer should:

Take steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if an employee is sick. Actively encourage sick employees to stay home. Sick employees should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met, in consultation with healthcare providers and state and local health departments.
Provide information on who to contact if employees become sick.
Implement flexible sick leave and supportive policies and practices. Consider drafting non-punitive emergency sick leave policies if sick leave is not offered to some or all employees.
Designate someone to be responsible for responding to COVID-19 concerns. Employees should know who this person is and how to contact them.
Provide employees with correct information about COVID-19, how it spreads, and risk of exposure.
Provide employees training on proper hand washing practices and other routine infection control precautions. This will help prevent the spread of many diseases, including COVID-19.
Provide employees access to soap, clean running water, and drying materials or alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol at their worksite.
Provide employees with appropriate gloves when necessary and providing training on properly using them.
Provide disposable disinfectant wipes so that surfaces commonly touched by the rail transit operator can be wiped down. To disinfect, use products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2external icon, diluted household bleach solutions, or alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol, and are appropriate for the surface. Provide employees training on manufacturer’s directions for use.
Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles for use by employees.
Place posters that encourage staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and washing hands often practices at the entrance to the workplace and in other workplace areas where they are likely to be seen.
Reach out to local public health officials to establish ongoing communications to facilitate access to relevant information before and during a local outbreak.
Follow all applicable federal regulations and public health agency guidelines.
What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
As a transit maintenance worker, how can I protect myself?
For transit maintenance workers, potential sources of exposure include close
contact with a coworker with COVID-19, contacting surfaces touched or handled
by a person with COVID-19, or by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

Limit close contact with others by maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet, when possible.
Avoid touching surfaces often touched by transit passengers.
Practice routine cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces following the directions on the cleaning product’s label.
Proper hand hygiene is an important infection control measure. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Key times to clean hands in general include: 
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
After using the toilet
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing


Additional times to clean hands on the job include: 
Before and after work shifts
Before and after work breaks
After touching surfaces in the vehicles frequently touched by passengers
After putting on, touching, or removing cloth face coverings


Avoid contact with body fluids.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
Which transit vehicle surfaces should be cleaned? What are the best cleaning chemicals to use when cleaning?
Perform routine cleaning and disinfection of all frequently touched non-porous
surfaces within the interior of the transit vehicle on a daily basis and, in
particular, before maintenance workers conduct repairs such as removing or
repairing seats. These surfaces can include hard seats, arm rests, door
handles, seat belt buckles, light and air controls, adjacent walls and
windows, and grab handles. If the surfaces are visibly dirty, they should be
cleaned prior to disinfectant application. For soft or porous surfaces, remove
any visible contamination if present and clean with appropriate cleansers
indicated for use on these surfaces.
Appropriate disinfectants include:


EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products for Use Against Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, are expected to be effective against COVID-19 based on data for harder to kill viruses. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products (e.g., concentration, application method, and contact time). A list of products with EPA-approved emerging viral pathogens claims is available at:
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-
sars-cov-2external icon.


Diluted household bleach solutions prepared according to the manufacturers label for disinfection can be used if appropriate for the surface. Follow manufacturer’s instructions for application and proper ventilation. Check to ensure the product is not past its expiration date. Never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleanser. Unexpired household bleach will be effective against coronaviruses when properly diluted.

Alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol.

Wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) required for using the cleaning
and disinfection products according to the product manufacturer’s
instructions. After removing PPE, employees should wash their hands with soap
and water for at least 20 seconds. Work uniforms worn during cleaning and
disinfecting should be laundered afterwards. If possible, launder
items
using the warmest appropriate water setting for the items and dry items
completely. Clean hands after handling laundry by washing hands with soap and
water or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if
soap and water are not available.
What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
What steps should my employer take?
Employers of transit maintenance workers should develop a COVID-19 health and
safety plan to protect employees according to CDC business
guidance.
This plan should be shared with you and your coworkers. Employers should:

Take steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if an employee is sick. Actively encourage sick employees to stay home. Sick employees should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met, in consultation with healthcare providers and state and local health departments.
Provide information on who to contact if employees become sick.
Implement flexible sick leave and supportive policies and practices. Consider drafting non-punitive emergency sick leave policies if sick leave is not offered to some or all employees.
Designate a person who is responsible for responding to COVID-19 concerns. Employees should know who this person is and how to contact them.
Provide employees with correct information about COVID-19, how it spreads, and risk of exposure.
Conduct worksite assessments to identify COVID-19 prevention strategies.
Provide employees training on good hand washing practices and other routine infection control precautions. This will help prevent the spread of many diseases, including COVID-19.
Develop policies for worker protection and training according to OSHA standards (e.g., hazard communicationexternal icon, personal protective equipmentexternal icon, etc.) for employees prior to conducting disinfection work tasks, particularly if new chemicals are introduced in the workplace to use.
Provide employees with access to soap, clean running water, and drying materials, or alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol at their worksite.
Provide employees with appropriate PPE as needed for cleaning and disinfecting and provide training on properly using them.
Provide disposable disinfectant wipes so that frequently touched surfaces can be wiped down by employees. Provide products to disinfect that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2external icon, diluted household bleach solutions, or alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol, and are appropriate for the surface. Provide employees training on manufacturer’s directions for use.
Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles for use by employees.
Place posters that encourage staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and washing hands often practices at the entrance to the workplace and in other workplace areas where they are likely to be seen.
Reach out to local public health officials to establish ongoing communications to facilitate access to relevant information before and during a local outbreak.
Follow all applicable federal regulations and public health agency guidelines.
What Transit Station Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
As a transit station worker, how can I protect myself?
For transit station workers, potential sources of exposure include having
close contact with a transit passenger with COVID-19, by touching surfaces
contaminated with coronavirus, or by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

Limit close contact with others by maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet, when possible.
Avoid touching surfaces often touched by transit passengers.
Practice routine cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces, following the directions on the cleaning product’s label.
Use gloves if required to touch surfaces contaminated by body fluids.
Proper hand hygiene is an important infection control measure. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Key times to clean hands in general include: 
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
After using the toilet
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing


Additional times to clean hands on the job include: 
Before and after work shifts
Before and after work breaks
After touching frequently touched surfaces
After putting on, touching, or removing cloth face coverings


Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
What Transit Station Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
Which transit station surfaces should be cleaned? What are the best cleaning chemicals to use when cleaning?
Perform routine cleaning and disinfection of all frequently touched non-porous
surfaces within the transit station on a daily basis. These include kiosks,
ticket machines, turnstiles, benches, handrails, garbage cans, door handles,
payphones, restroom surfaces (e.g., faucets, toilets, counters), elevator
buttons, and system maps. If the surfaces are visibly dirty, they should be
cleaned prior to disinfectant application. For soft or porous surfaces, remove
any visible contamination if present and clean with appropriate cleansers
indicated for use on these surfaces.
Appropriate disinfectants include:


EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products for Use Against Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, are expected to be effective against COVID-19 based on data for harder to kill viruses. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products (e.g., concentration, application method, and contact time). A list of products with EPA-approved emerging viral pathogens claims is available at:
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-
sars-cov-2external icon.


Diluted household bleach solutions prepared according to the manufacturers label for disinfection can be used if appropriate for the surface. Follow manufacturer’s instructions for application and proper ventilation. Check to ensure the product is not past its expiration date. Never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleanser. Unexpired household bleach will be effective against coronaviruses when properly diluted.

Alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol.

Wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) required for using the cleaning
and disinfection products according to the product manufacturer’s
instructions. After removing PPE, wash your hands with soap and water for at
least 20 seconds. Work uniforms worn during cleaning and disinfecting should
be laundered afterwards. If possible, launder
items using the warmest appropriate water setting for the items
and dry items completely. Clean your hands after handling laundry by washing
your hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with
at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available.
What Transit Station Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
What steps should my employer take?
Employers of transit station workers should develop a COVID-19 health and
safety plan to protect employees according to CDC business
guidance.
This plan should be shared with you and your coworkers. Your employer should:

Take steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if an employee is sick. Actively encourage sick employees to stay home. Sick employees should not return to work until the criteria to discontinue home isolation are met, in consultation with healthcare providers and state and local health departments.
Provide information on who to contact if employees become sick.
Implement flexible sick leave and supportive policies and practices. Consider drafting non-punitive emergency sick leave policies if sick leave is not offered to some or all employees.
Designate someone to be responsible for responding to COVID-19 concerns. Employees should know who this person is and how to contact them.
Provide employees with correct information about COVID-19, how it spreads, and risk of exposure.
Conduct worksite assessments to identify COVID-19 prevention strategies.
Provide training on proper hand washing practices and other routine infection control precautions. This will help prevent the spread of many diseases, including COVID-19.
Develop policies for worker protection and training according to OSHA standards (e.g., hazard communicationexternal icon, personal protective equipmentexternal icon, etc.) for employees prior to conducting disinfection work tasks, particularly if new chemicals are introduced in the workplace to use.
Provide employees with access to soap, clean running water, and drying materials, or alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing at least 60% alcohol at their worksite.
Provide employees with appropriate PPE as needed for cleaning and disinfecting and provide training on properly using them.
Provide disposable disinfectant wipes so that surfaces frequently touched can be wiped down. To disinfect, use products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2external icon, diluted household bleach solutions, or alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol, and are appropriate for the surface. Provide employees training on manufacturer’s directions for use.
Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles for use by employees.
Place posters that encourage staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and washing hands often practices at the entrance to the workplace and in other workplace areas where they are likely to be seen.
Reach out to local public health officials to establish ongoing communications to facilitate access to relevant information before and during a local outbreak.
Follow all applicable federal regulations and public health agency guidelines.