In the Covid Risk Assessment thread I reckon we are currently (all things being equal over the next week) in the "Safe Zone"

So now time to think about a return to work. First thing I do is turn to S5 of the HSW General Risk and Workplace Management regs which say "A PCBU, in managing risks to health and safety, must identify hazards that could give rise to reasonably foreseeable risks to health and safety."

So I have drilled down into the numbers for my DHB area. I’ve stripped out the confirmed cases due to travel, instead focusing on local risk sources. I’ve also stripped out children and the aged because they won't be coming to my workplace. So, of the confirmed cases, what I am left with is:
- 8 x 20 – 29 year olds
- 13 x 30 – 39 year olds
- 9 x 40 – 49 year olds
- 7 x 50 – 59 year olds
- 2 x 60 – 69 year olds

Of these 39 cases 3 were confirmed before the shutdown so I put them aside. I've decided to focus on an incubation on average of 5 days where there has been 1 new confirmed case in the past 5 days or worse case 24 people in the past 14 days.

So essentially no one in my region has Covid and who might come to my workplace to spread it. Or if I want to be quite specific, in the whole of my region there are 25 potentially ”hazardous” people out of a population of 600,000.

Now I realise people will say one of these people could spread to another person who may come to my workplace. But there is no evidence that this is reasonably foreseeable. Didn't happen before shutdwon (other than a few isolated cases) and hasn't happened afterwards.

And this is confirmed by the 2% community transmission rate.

But I should perhaps be a bit more thorough. Out of all NZ workplaces there has been only one workplace cluster resulting in 10 confirmed cases.

So, in my DHB area I reckon I have pretty much zero hazards. And I have a week isolation buffer up my sleeve.

All in all, hazard free.

Excellent - back to work we go!!