COVID-19 Research and Resources

The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the safety and health of many workers. SHARP is conducting ongoing research and developing resources to keep workers safe.

SHARP COVID-19 Research

• Workers’ Compensation Claims for Exposure and Disease from COVID-19 (February 2021 Report)
  
  • Previous reports:      Jan 2021     Dec 2020     Nov 2020      Oct 2020      
  •  Methods for COVID-19 Surveillance in Washington Workers’ Compensation Data

• Nursing Care Facilities: Occupations affected by COVID-19

• Washington COVID-19 Cases by Industry, January 2020–June 2020

• In partnership with the WA State Department of Health (DOH), SHARP has co-authored the report, Confirmed Cases by Occupation and Industry. This report summarizes all positive COVID-19 cases in the state by industry, occupation, race and ethnicity. The report and periodic updates can be found on the DOH’s coronavirus webpage.

• COVID Investigator Training: Collecting Data on Industry and Occupation

SHARP COVID-19 Industry Resources

Workplace safety resources are listed below by industry.

Resources for the Janitorial and Trucking industries are listed on separate tabs.

General

• COVID-19 Crisis Strategy: Face Shield Assembly and Use
• COVID-19 Crisis Strategy: FFR Decontamination with Time

Death Care

• Infection Prevention for Workers Handling Decedents and Remains with COVID-19

Healthcare

• Healthcare Industry Crisis Strategies: Considerations for Making Facemasks

SHARP COVID-19 Resources for the Janitorial Industry

• Protect Yourself at Work: How to Clean and Disinfect for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) (English)
  
  • Spanish  Amharic  Bosnian  Tagalog  Russian  Chinese (Traditional)  Somali   Vietnamese 
• How to wear and use a homemade mask (English)
  • Spanish  Amharic  Bosnian  Tagalog  Russian  Chinese (Traditional)  Somali  Vietnamese
• Do you know how to avoid COVID-19?(English)  
  • Spanish  Amharic  Bosnian  Tagalog  Russian  Chinese (Traditional)  Somali  Vietnamese
• Protect yourself from COVID-19: Wash Your Hands! (English)
  • Spanish  Amharic  Bosnian  Tagalog  Russian  Chinese (Traditional)  Somali  Vietnamese
• Employers can help protect workers from COVID-19 (English) | Spanish

SHARP COVID-19 Resources for the Trucking Industry

• No Space? Cover Your Face
• Teaming Up Keeps COVID-19 Down
• Keeping Safe from COVID-19
• You Can't Touch This: How to Clean and Sanitize Surfaces
• Don’t Let a Cough or Sneeze Spread Disease
• Handwashing: Your Protection Against Infection
• Managing COVID-19’s Impacts on Driver Stress
• Social Distancing for Truck Drivers