Hand me that hammer, would’ya? A request that sounds so normal should be enough to send shivers down your spine in the post-pandemic workplace.

What the Law Requires

OHS laws require you to take reasonable measures to protect the health and safety of your workers and prevent known hazards. And at this moment in time, no hazard is better known or more dreaded than COVID-19 infection.

What’s the Danger

A touch of the hand is enough to spread the virus that causes COVID-19. Consider this simple scenario:

 Birth of an Infection

• Carey, a worker who’s carrying the virus but doesn’t know it, picks up a hammer;
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