STAYING CONNECTED - LOUISIANA CAT EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

As the events surrounding COVID-19 continue to evolve but begin to recover, we remain fully dedicated to the safety, health and well-being of the Louisiana Cat Team. This guide provides you with safety protocols and steps to take to keep yourself and your co-workers safe. 

How We’re Helping to Keep You Safe:

• Increased cleaning and disinfection in work areas, common areas, customer areas.
• Producing and providing disinfectant to use in work areas wherever possible.
• Enforcing social distancing and adding barriers, PPE or other precautions where needed.
• Implemented company-wide procedures for suspected or confirmed COVID cases.
• Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) including face coverings and gloves in some areas. 

Daily Health Checks:

• Bring and wear your personal protective equipment (PPE) – If the Company has provided you with a face covering, you are required to wear it unless otherwise told by your supervisor. If the Company has not provided you with one, you may bring or make your own following the Center for Disease Controls (CDC) guidance.
• Complete self-health check – Before you come to work, ensure you’re healthy. If you are sick, have COVID-like symptoms, have been around someone with COVID or have reason to believe you may have the virus, tell your supervisor and stay home.
• Keep at least a six feet from others. This includes team meetings, restrooms, and break areas. Barriers and/or PPE have been added where separation is not possible.
• Clean your reusable PPE daily – Safety glasses should be cleaned each day. Reusable face coverings should be washed daily.

Safety in the Office:

Work life at the office has changed.  Some areas and actions include: 

• Hourly cleaning of common areas and shared assets such as copy machines and water coolers.
• Conference Rooms – occupancy is reduced to 1/2 capacity until further notice.
• Break/lunch areas – occupancy reduced to 1/2 capacity.
• Avoid “cluster” conversations and holding conversations in and around cubicles designed for one person.
• Use the stairs. If you must use the elevator, please do so alone.
• Wash hands and use hand sanitizer after using coffee pots and water coolers.
• Don’t host large gatherings or meetings – Use video-conferencing and minimize large gatherings. If it needs to be in person, follow face covering and six feet distancing guidelines. No large group meetings or gatherings.

Interacting with the Public:

Many Louisiana Cat employees come in direct contact with the public both in the field and in our stores.  Those public-facing employees at parts counters and will-call desks will be required to wear face masks during the phase 1 recovery.  Salesmen and Field Technicians should understand the guidelines of the customer’s facilities they visit and follow them when onsite.  At a minimum, they should follow these basic recommendations: 

• Refrain from shaking hands
• Remain a minimum of 6 feet apart from other individuals
• Avoid touching surfaces that aren’t absolutely necessary to be touched
• Avoid touching your face
• Upon leaving the location, employees should wash their hands thoroughly and use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer