b'FOGHORNFOCUS: OPERATIONSChanging How We WorkBy Timothy McAuliffe, Engineering Liaison,Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Prior to COVID-19 and the implementation of social distancing protocols, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuildings daily meeting would take place at 7:15 a.m. on the engineering floor. Attended by the principals, finance, sales, engineering staff, general manager, production manager, quality manager, safety manager, human resources, all departmental foremen, key purchasing and warehouse personnel, we would meet elbow-to-elbow to coordinate the next 10-hour shift. We now have split the shift into two six-hour shifts. This decreases the number of people simultaneously on a project, facilitating maintenance of social distancing on the production floor. Our meeting has shifted to 11:45 a.m. to maintain the same attendance. But becauseGladding-Hearns daily meeting now espouses of the split shift, the meeting is at the start of some folks shift and at the end of others.social distancing protocols to reduce risks of infection. Source: Gladding-Hearn ShipbuildingThe product was developed by the U.S. Department ofevery surface in a room.Defense with Sandia National Laboratory and is said toAfter closing down everything for two weeks, the be safe. buildings were disinfected with MDF-500 by one man with The product, MDF-500, is reported to be environmental- a machine, who essentially sprayed everything, recalled ly benign and claims to work onDuclos. It wasnt expensive and all materials and surfaces. Anotherit worked quickly.positive attribute of MDF-500 isWhere MDF-500 is regularly used:that it is non-toxic, which is goodAfter the Fog news for human beings, and is Public Transportation A few days later, after the non-corrosive, which is importantAircraft, taxis and buses, trains anddisinfectant fog cleared from for a shipbuilder that builds metalsubway Gladding-Hearns buildings, vessels, fabricates metal, and has a Hospitals/Clinics workers were allowed back to great deal of expensive machineryIncluding surgical, quarantine anddo their jobs. Still, Duclos and his in the shipyard.emergency rooms, ambulances, ventilationteam enacted a series of hygiene systems and veterinary clinics and safety protocols to ensure the What Is MDF-500?Government Facilities wellbeing of everyone. According to corporateJails/Prisons, command and control centers,We opted to work at half-ca-materials, MDF-500s decon- schools and daycare centers pacity with two six-hour shifts, tamination formula is a complexDuclos said. Masks are required mixture of organic and inorganic Public Spaces as are gloves. Personal protective chemicals that produce simultane- Malls and shopping centers, restrooms,equipment (PPE) must be worn at ous reactions that can destroy bothrestaurants and hotels all times.chemical and biological materialsIn addition, a few adjustments on contact. Essentially, it is a sterilizer that uses hydrogento the workspaces were done to allow for social distanc-peroxide, which destroys and eliminates microbial life ining and sanitizing. Everyone is spaced six feet apart and inanimate environments.there are sanitizing devices placed around for use, Duclos Furthermore, the decontaminate can be applied as a fogclarified. (atomized mist), foam or spray. The fog application is theTwenty-four days after the initial fogging, Duclos preferred application method as it allows for not only hori- reported that no one at the shipyard had gotten sick. He zontal surface decontamination but all surfaces present. Inwas thinking about having his shipyards buildings sprayed other words, the fog application completely decontaminatesagain. Just in case. n16JUNE 2020FOGHORN'