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C , HSP-n /1� Infectious Disease Response and Preparedness Plan ""°'"""'"° July 25, 2022 (G) The employer shall evaluate existing COVID-19 prevention controls at the workplace and the need for different or additional controls. This includes evaluation of controls in subsections (c)(4), (c)(6), and(c)(7). (H) The employer shall conduct periodic inspections as needed to identify unhealthy conditions, work practices, and work procedures related to COVID-19 and to ensure compliance with employers' COVID-19 policies and procedures. (3) Investigating and responding to COVID-19 cases in the workplace. (A) Employers shall have an effective procedure to investigate COVID-19 cases in the workplace. This includes procedures for seeking information from employees regarding COVID-19 cases and close contacts, COVID-19 test results, and onset of COVID-19 symptoms, and identifying and recording COVID-19 cases. (B) The employer shall take the following actions when there has been a COVID-19 case at the place of employment: 1. Determine the day and time the COVID-19 case was last present and, to the extent possible,the date of the positive COVID-19 test(s) and/or diagnosis, and the date the COVID-19 case first had one or more COVID-19 symptoms, if any were experienced. 2. Determine who may have had a close contact. This requires an evaluation of the activities of the COVID-19 case and all locations at the workplace which may have been visited by the COVID-19 case during the infectious period. Note: See subsection (c)(9) for exclusion requirements for employees after a close contact. 3. Within one business day of the time the employer knew or should have known of a COVID-19 case, the employer shall give written notice, in a form readily understandable by employees, that people at the worksite may have been exposed to COVID-19. The notice shall be written in a way that does not reveal any personal identifying information of the COVID-19 case, and in the manner the employer normally uses to communicate employment-related information. Written notice may include, but is not limited to, personal service, email, or text message if it can reasonably be anticipated to be received by the employee within one business day of sending. The notice shall include the cleaning and disinfection plan required by Labor Code section 6409.6(a)(4). The notice must be sent to the following: a. All employees who were on the premises at the same worksite as the COVID-19 case during the infectious period. If the employer should reasonably know that an employee has not received the notice, or has limited literacy in the language used in the notice, the employer shall provide verbal notice, as soon as practicable, in a language understandable by the employee. b. Independent contractors and other employers on the premises at the same worksite as the COVID-19 case during the infectious period. 4. Within one business day of the time the employer knew or should have known of the COVID-19 case, the employer shall: