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COVID-19 began crippling communities, cities, and countries around the globe last year. A year later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remains a primary source for up to the minute information about the pandemic. Best practices guidance and the latest news seem focused on receiving the vaccination, herd immunity, and community spread. Illness transmission isn’t a new issue for construction jobsites. When one worker has a cold or flu, everyone else on the jobsite eventually tends to get sick too.
At my jobsites, workers called bronchitis the “boilermaker’s flu.” When workers work close to one another with welding fumes, dust, dirt, grime, and coal dust, it’s a prime breeding ground for bronchitis. It was always the worst type of strain, making workers sick from four to six weeks. I provided my workers with best practice tips to help prevent community spread, like what the CDC recommends for COVID-19 now. As the country continues to reopen, here are good reminders that you can apply at your jobsite:
There are lots of things workers can do to reduce the symptoms of illnesses. A common remedy my workers suggested to me was to drink a hot toddy. This mixed drink is made of liquor, water, honey, herbs, and spices and is served hot with a hint of lemon. I was skeptical at first, but for me, it worked, and I usually started feeling better the next day. But wait until you get home before using this treatment and make sure it doesn’t affect your ability to perform safely during your next shift.
Key to remember: Regularly disinfect common surfaces at your jobsite. Doing this can help prevent the community spread of illnesses and germs between workers.
COVID-19 began crippling communities, cities, and countries around the globe last year. A year later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remains a primary source for up to the minute information about the pandemic. Best practices guidance and the latest news seem focused on receiving the vaccination, herd immunity, and community spread. Illness transmission isn’t a new issue for construction jobsites. When one worker has a cold or flu, everyone else on the jobsite eventually tends to get sick too.
At my jobsites, workers called bronchitis the “boilermaker’s flu.” When workers work close to one another with welding fumes, dust, dirt, grime, and coal dust, it’s a prime breeding ground for bronchitis. It was always the worst type of strain, making workers sick from four to six weeks. I provided my workers with best practice tips to help prevent community spread, like what the CDC recommends for COVID-19 now. As the country continues to reopen, here are good reminders that you can apply at your jobsite:
There are lots of things workers can do to reduce the symptoms of illnesses. A common remedy my workers suggested to me was to drink a hot toddy. This mixed drink is made of liquor, water, honey, herbs, and spices and is served hot with a hint of lemon. I was skeptical at first, but for me, it worked, and I usually started feeling better the next day. But wait until you get home before using this treatment and make sure it doesn’t affect your ability to perform safely during your next shift.
Key to remember: Regularly disinfect common surfaces at your jobsite. Doing this can help prevent the community spread of illnesses and germs between workers.