- Daily health check-in for employees reporting to the workplace via compass.osu.edu or the Ohio State app..
- For research lab spaces, no more than two individuals may be present where the work is being conducted and they must maintain appropriate social distance. Limit to one person if at all possible.
- For outside research projects, keep number of individuals to a minimum where the work is being conducted and they must maintain appropriate social distance and PPE requirements required for work tasks, as well as COVID-19 requirements.
- No more than one person per vehicle if travel is required to complete the work.
- All necessary PPE must be utilized, including provisions for washing or sanitizing hands, equipment, tools, etc. PPE will be catergorized into two groupings: COVID-19 protection and work task protection. If you do not have all necessary PPE, the work cannot be done.
- Minimize time on campus or in any buildings, greenhouses, shops, and barns. Complete approved task and return to working at home immediately,
- Conduct all meetings virtually, if possible.
- Minimize contact between persons,
- Initiate enhanced cleaning procedures in the lab and other work areas,
- Maintain an updated log of everyone who works in the lab, greenhouse, or field,
- Perform data analysis, writing, and other tasks remotely,
- Develop contingency plans for the proposed activities, taking into consideration personnel contact lists and plans, potential personnel absences and illnesses, and limited or delayed supply availability.
- If approved activity involves work at an outlying research stations, research farms, or on the property of a private cooperator, make sure you coordinate in advance with those locations to ensure that all health and safety requirements can be maintained.
Wearing a mask is part of the larger picture of safe and healthy measures, including physical distancing, good hygiene and staying away from others when ill.
Face masks must be worn on Ohio State’s campuses. Face masks must be worn in indoor settings, including, but not limited to: classrooms, residence halls, conference rooms, shared office spaces, hallways, buses, shared vehicles and common areas such as lobbies, study spaces and laundry facilities on all Ohio State campuses. The number of individuals in any indoor space should be limited to facilitate physical distancing. Masks must also be worn in outdoor settings, even when individuals can maintain appropriate physical distancing.
Indoors or outdoors, exceptions are made for those dining, participating in strenuous activity or taking part in performance-based classes. As an added safety measure, open-air tents have been set up on campus for use by arts, dance and music classes as well as certain courses with extended outdoor activities in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Masks are not required for classes in these open-air tents.
Additionally, there is an exception for university staff working alone in an individual's own office, working outdoors for long periods of time who are able to maintain appropriate physical distancing or are operating equipment alone. Individuals must have a mask available if needed.
The university has compiled guidance on how to respectfully encourage compliance with face mask guidelines on campus.
Reviewed / Updated: 1/14/21 K. McGuire