From WMUR:
“What is an 'essential business'?
State officials provide list”
State officials have released a
list [see it below] of industry sectors that provide essential services and
support to the response to the spread of COVID-19 and entities that will
continue to operate with necessary staff to complete critical and essential
functions. The list of sectors deemed essential and supporting criteria will be
reviewed by the state as the COVID-19 outbreak continues, according to
officials. If the function of your
business is not listed below, but you believe that it is essential or it is an
entity providing essential services or functions, you may request designation
as an essential business. Those requests can be sent to essential@nheconomy.com
and should include basic contact information and a brief justification.
Entities considered essential
services:
Law Enforcement, Public Safety,
First Responders
Personnel in emergency
management, law enforcement, Emergency Management Systems, fire, and
corrections, including front line and management required to maintain
operations
Emergency Medical Technicians
911 call center employees,
including telecommunicators, dispatchers and managers
Information and Analysis Center
employees
Hazardous material responders
from government and the private sector.
Workers – including contracted
vendors -- who maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting law
enforcement and emergency service operations.
Food and Agriculture
Workers supporting groceries,
pharmacies, florists, and other retail, including farmers markets and farm
stands, that sells food and beverage products, including liquor stores
Restaurant carry-out and quick
serve food operations, including beer and wine curbside and takeout - Carry-out
and delivery food employees
Food manufacturer employees and
their supplier employees—to include those employed in food processing
facilities; livestock, poultry, seafood slaughter facilities; pet and animal
feed processing facilities; human food facilities producing by-products for
animal food; beverage production facilities, including breweries, wineries, and
distilleries; and the production of food packaging
Farm workers to include those
employed in animal food, feed, and ingredient production, packaging,
distribution, and retail; manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of
veterinary drugs; truck delivery and transport; farm and fishery labor needed
to produce our food supply domestically
Farm workers and support service
workers to include those who field crops, beekeeping; commodity inspection;
fuel ethanol facilities; storage facilities; and other agricultural inputs
Workers supporting the seafood
and fishing industry
Commercial and residential
landscaping services, including golf courses.
Employees and firms supporting
food, feed, and beverage distribution, including warehouse workers,
vendor-managed inventory controllers and blockchain managers
Workers supporting the sanitation
of all food manufacturing processes and operations from wholesale to retail
Company cafeterias - in-plant
cafeterias used to feed employees; food service workers in residential schools
with students who are unable to leave campus
Workers in food testing labs in
private industries and in institutions of higher education
Food banks
Nurseries, greenhouses, garden
centers, and agriculture supply stores
Workers essential for assistance
programs and government payments
Employees of companies engaged in
the production of chemicals, medicines, vaccines, and other substances used by
the food and agriculture industry, including pesticides, herbicides,
fertilizers, minerals, enrichments, and other agricultural production aids
Animal agriculture workers to
include those employed in veterinary health; manufacturing and distribution of
animal medical materials, animal vaccines, animal drugs, feed ingredients,
feed, and bedding, etc.; transportation of live animals, animal medical
materials; transportation of deceased animals for disposal; raising of animals
for food; animal production operations; slaughter and packing plants and
associated regulatory and government workforce
Organizations and workers
responsible for the care and custody of animals, pets and livestock
Workers who support the
manufacture and distribution of forest products, including, but not limited to
timber, paper, and other wood products
Employees engaged in the
manufacture and maintenance of equipment and other infrastructure necessary to
agricultural production and distribution
Health Care/ Public Health /
Human Services
Workers providing COVID-19
testing; Workers that perform critical clinical research needed for COVID-19
response
Medical Professionals and
caregivers (e.g., physicians, dentists, psychologists, mid-level practitioners,
nurses and assistants, infection control and quality assurance personnel,
pharmacists, physical and occupational therapists and assistants, social
workers, speech pathologists and diagnostic and therapeutic technicians and
technologists, other providers of mental and behavioral health care, personal
care attendants, home health aides and home care workers)
Hospital and laboratory personnel
(including accounting, administrative, admitting and discharge, engineering,
epidemiological, source plasma and blood donation, food service, housekeeping,
medical records, information technology and operational technology,
nutritionists, sanitarians, respiratory therapists, etc.)
Workers in other medical
facilities (including Ambulatory Health and Surgical, Blood Banks, Medical
Clinics, Community Mental Health Centers, Methadone/OBOT Clinics, 24 hour
Diversionary and Residential Behavioral Health Providers, Comprehensive
Outpatient rehabilitation, End Stage Renal Disease, Health Departments, Home
Health care, Hospices, Hospitals, Nursing Facilities, Rest Homes, Assisted
Living Residences, Organ Pharmacies, Procurement Organizations, Psychiatric
Residential, Residential Treatment Schools, Rural Health Clinics and Federally
Qualified Health Center s and Community Health Centers, State Hospitals)
Workers in other 24/7 community
resident services serving children and youth, and individuals with
developmental, intellectual, physical and/or cognitive disabilities
Workers in recovery centers and
sober homes
Manufacturers, technicians,
logistics and warehouse operators, and distributors of or necessary to the
supply chain of medical equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical
gases, pharmaceuticals, blood and blood products, vaccines, testing materials,
laboratory supplies, cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting or sterilization
supplies, and tissue and paper towel products
Public health / community health
workers, including those who compile, model, analyze and communicate public
health information
Blood and plasma donors and the
employees of the organizations that operate and manage related activities
Workers that manage health plans,
billing, and health information, who cannot practically work remotely
Workers who conduct
community-based public health functions, conducting epidemiologic surveillance,
compiling, analyzing and communicating public health information, who cannot
practically work remotely
Workers performing cybersecurity
functions at healthcare and public health facilities, who cannot practically
work remotely
Workers conducting research
critical to COVID-19 response
Workers performing security,
incident management, and emergency operations functions at or on behalf of
healthcare entities including healthcare coalitions, who cannot practically
work remotely
Workers who support food, shelter,
and social services, and other necessities of life for economically
disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals, such as those residing in
shelters
Pharmacy employees necessary for
filling prescriptions
Workers performing mortuary
services and workers at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries
Workers who coordinate with other
organizations to ensure the proper recovery, handling, identification,
transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal
effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental/behavioral
health services to the family members, responders, and survivors of an incident
Energy and Electricity industry:
Workers who maintain, ensure, or
restore the reliable generation, transmission, and distribution of electric
power, including call centers, utility workers, reliability engineers and fleet
maintenance technicians
Workers needed for safe and
secure operations at nuclear generation
Workers at generation,
transmission and electric blackstart facilities
Workers at Reliability
Coordinator (RC), Balancing Authorities (BA), and primary and backup Control
Centers (CC), including but not limited to independent system operators,
regional transmission organizations, and balancing authorities
Mutual assistance personnel
IT and OT technology staff – for
EMS (Energy Management Systems) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA) systems, and utility data centers; Cybersecurity engineers;
cybersecurity risk management
Vegetation management crews and
traffic workers who support
Environmental
remediation/monitoring technicians
Instrumentation, protection, and
control technicians
Petroleum workers:
Petroleum product storage,
pipeline, marine transport, terminals, rail transport, road transport
Crude oil storage facilities,
pipeline, and marine transport
Petroleum refinery facilities
Petroleum security operations
center employees and workers who support emergency response services
Petroleum operations control
rooms/centers
Petroleum drilling, extraction,
production, processing, refining, terminal operations, transporting, and retail
for use as end-use fuels or feedstocks for chemical manufacturing
Onshore and offshore operations
for maintenance and emergency response
Retail fuel centers such as gas
stations and truck stops, and the distribution systems that support them
Natural and propane gas workers:
Natural gas transmission and
distribution pipelines, including compressor stations, and road transport
Underground storage of natural
gas
Natural gas processing plants,
and those that deal with natural gas liquids
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
facilities
Natural gas security operations
center, natural gas operations dispatch and control rooms/centers natural gas
emergency response and customer emergencies, including natural gas leak calls
Drilling, production, processing,
refining, and transporting natural gas for use as end-use fuels, feedstocks for
chemical manufacturing, or use in electricity generation
Propane gas dispatch and control
rooms and emergency response and customer emergencies, including propane leak
calls
Propane gas service maintenance
and restoration, including call centers
Processing, refining, and
transporting natural liquids, including propane gas, for use as end-use fuels
or feedstocks for chemical manufacturing
Propane gas storage,
transmission, and distribution centers
Steam workers:
Workers who support steam
distribution companies’ provision of district heating and any electric
generation
Workers who support steam
distribution companies’ dispatch and control rooms and emergency response and
customer emergencies, including steam leak calls
Workers who support steam distribution
companies’ service maintenance and restoration, including call centers
Workers who support steam
distribution companies’ storage, transmission, and distribution centers
Waste and Wastewater
Employees needed to operate and
maintain public and private drinking water and wastewater/drainage
infrastructure, including:
Operational staff at water
authorities
Operational staff at community
water systems
Operational staff at wastewater
treatment facilities
Workers repairing water and
wastewater conveyances and performing required sampling or monitoring
Operational staff for water
distribution and testing
Operational staff at wastewater
collection facilities
Operational staff and technical
support for SCADA Control systems
Chemical disinfectant suppliers
for wastewater and personnel protection
Workers that maintain digital
systems infrastructure supporting water and wastewater operations
Transportation and Logistics
Employees supporting or enabling
transportation functions, including dispatchers, maintenance and repair
technicians, warehouse workers, truck stop and rest area workers, and workers
that maintain and inspect infrastructure (including those that require
cross-border travel)
Employees of firms providing
services that enable logistics operations, including cooling, storing,
packaging, and distributing products for wholesale or retail sale or use
Mass transit workers, including
contracted vendors providing transportation and maintenance services to public
transit authorities
Workers critical to operating
rental car companies and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) that
facilitate continuity of operations for essential workforces, and other
essential travel
Workers responsible for operating
dispatching passenger, commuter and freight trains and public transportation
and buses and maintaining rail and transit infrastructure and equipment
Maritime transportation workers -
port workers, mariners, equipment operators
Truck drivers who haul hazardous
and waste materials to support critical infrastructure, capabilities,
functions, and services
Bicycle repair shops
Automotive sales, repair and
maintenance facilities
Workers who respond to and clear
traffic crashes, including contracted vendors and dispatchers
Manufacturers and distributors
(to include service centers and related operations) of packaging materials,
pallets, crates, containers, and other supplies needed to support manufacturing,
packaging staging and distribution operations
Postal and shipping workers, to
include private companies
Workers who support moving and
storage services
Employees who repair and maintain
vehicles, aircraft, rail equipment, marine vessels, and the equipment and
infrastructure that enables operations that encompass movement of cargo and
passengers
Air transportation employees,
including air traffic controllers, ramp personnel, aviation security, and
aviation management and other workers – including contracted vendors –
providing services for air passengers
Workers who support the
maintenance and operation of cargo by air transportation, including flight
crews, maintenance, airport operations, and other on- and off- airport
facilities workers
Public Works
Workers who support the
operation, inspection, and maintenance of essential dams, locks and levees
Workers who support the
operation, inspection, and maintenance of essential public works facilities and
operations, including roads and bridges, water and sewer main breaks, fleet
maintenance personnel, construction of critical or strategic infrastructure,
traffic signal maintenance, emergency location services for buried utilities,
maintenance of digital systems infrastructure supporting public works operations,
and other emergent issues
Workers – including contracted
vendors – involved in the construction of critical or strategic infrastructure
including public works construction, airport operations, water, sewer, gas,
electrical, nuclear, oil refining and other critical energy services, roads and
highways, public transportation, solid waste collection and removal, municipal
transfer stations, and internet, and telecommunications systems (including the
provision of essential global, national, and local infrastructure for computing
services)
Workers such as plumbers,
electricians, exterminators, inspectors and other service providers who provide
services that are necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and
essential operation of residences, construction sites and projects, and needed
facilities
Support, such as road and line
clearing and utility relocation, to ensure the availability of needed
facilities, transportation, energy and communications
Support to ensure the effective
removal, storage, and disposal of residential and commercial solid waste and
hazardous waste
Licensed site clean-up
professionals and other workers addressing hazardous spills, waste sites, and
remediation.
Workers who support the
operation, maintenance and public safety of state parks, forests, wildlife
management areas, water supply protection lands, and other critical natural
resources.
Workers who support storm
clean-up operations (e.g., foresters).
Communications and Information
Technology
Communications:
Maintenance of communications
infrastructure- including privately owned and maintained communication systems-
supported by technicians, operators, call-centers, wireline and wireless
providers, cable service providers, satellite operations, undersea cable
landing stations, Internet Exchange Points, and manufacturers and distributors
of communications equipment
Workers who support radio,
television, and media service, including, but not limited to front line news
reporters, studio, and technicians for newsgathering and reporting
Workers at Independent System
Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations, and Network Operations
staff, engineers and/or technicians to manage the network or operate facilities
Engineers, technicians and
associated personnel responsible for infrastructure construction and restoration,
including contractors for construction and engineering of fiber optic cables
Installation, maintenance and
repair technicians that establish, support or repair service as needed
Central office personnel to
maintain and operate central office, data centers, and other network office
facilities
Customer service and support
staff, including managed and professional services as well as remote providers
of support to transitioning employees to set up and maintain home offices, who
interface with customers to manage or support service environments and security
issues, including payroll, billing, fraud, and troubleshooting
Dispatchers involved with service
repair and restoration
Information Technology:
Workers who support command
centers, including, but not limited to Network Operations Command Center,
Broadcast Operations Control Center and Security Operations Command Center
Data center operators, including
system administrators, HVAC & electrical engineers, security personnel, IT
managers, data transfer solutions engineers, software and hardware engineers,
and database administrators
Client service centers, field
engineers, and other technicians supporting critical infrastructure, as well as
manufacturers and supply chain vendors that provide hardware and software, and
information technology equipment (to include microelectronics and
semiconductors) for critical infrastructure
Workers responding to cyber
incidents involving critical infrastructure, including medical facilities, SLTT
governments and federal facilities, energy and utilities, and banks and
financial institutions, and other critical infrastructure categories and
personnel
Workers supporting the provision
of essential global, national and local infrastructure for computing services
(incl. cloud computing services), business infrastructure, web-based services,
and critical manufacturing
Workers supporting communications
systems and information technology used by law enforcement, public safety,
medical, energy and other critical industries
Support required for continuity
of services, including janitorial/cleaning personnel
Other Community-Based Essential
Functions
Workers to ensure continuity of
building functions, including local and state inspectors and administrative
support of inspection services who are responsible for the inspection of
elevators, escalators, lifts, buildings, plumbing and gas fitting, electrical
work, and other safety related professional work
Security staff to maintain
building access control and physical security measures
Residential and commercial
janitorial and cleaning services
Elections personnel
Trade Officials (FTA negotiators;
international data flow administrators)
Weather forecasters
Workers that maintain digital
systems infrastructure supporting other critical government operations
Workers at operations centers
necessary to maintain other essential functions
Workers who support necessary
credentialing, vetting and licensing operations for transportation workers
including holders of Commercial Drivers Licenses
Workers who are critical to
facilitating trade in support of the national, state and local emergency
response supply chain
Educators and staff supporting
public and private emergency childcare programs, including remote learning and
facilitating distance learning among residential schools for students with
disabilities, K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, provision of school
meals, or performing other essential student support functions, if operating
under rules for social distancing
Workers at hotel and commercial
lodging facilities
Construction Workers who support
the construction, operation, inspection, and maintenance of construction sites
and construction projects (including housing construction)
Workers that provide services for
or determine eligibility for public benefits such as subsidized health care,
food and feeding programs, residential and congregate care programs, shelter,
in-home supportive services, child welfare, juvenile justice programs, adult
protective services and social services, and other necessities of life for
economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (including family
members)
Professional services (such as
legal and accounting services) and payroll and employee benefit services, when
necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities and critical
sector services or where failure to provide such services during the time of
the order would result in significant prejudice
Commercial retail stores that
supply essential sectors, including convenience stores, pet supply stores, auto
supplies and repair, hardware and home improvement, and home appliance
retailers
Laundromats, dry cleaning, and
laundry services
Workers and instructors
supporting academies and training facilities and courses for the purpose of
graduating students and cadets that comprise the essential workforce for all
identified critical sectors
Workers at places of worship
Manufacturing
Manufacturing companies,
distributors, and supply chain companies producing and supplying materials and
products for industries that include, but are not limited to, pharmaceutical,
technology, biotechnology, healthcare, chemicals and sanitization, waste pickup
and disposal, agriculture, food and beverage, transportation, energy, steel and
steel products, petroleum and fuel, construction, gun and related products
(including associated retail), operations of
dams, water and wastewater treatment, national defense, communications, as well
as products used by other essential businesses and operations
Hazardous Materials
Workers at nuclear facilities,
workers managing medical waste, workers managing waste from pharmaceuticals and
medical material production, and workers at laboratories processing test kits
Workers who support hazardous
materials response and cleanup
Workers who maintain digital
systems infrastructure supporting hazardous materials management operations
Financial Services
Banks, financial services institutions,
credit unions, insurance, payroll, regional development corporations, and
accounting services
Workers who are needed to process
and maintain systems for processing financial transactions and services (e.g.,
payment, clearing, and settlement; wholesale funding; insurance services; and
capital markets activities)
Workers who are needed to provide
consumer access to banking and lending services, including ATMs, and to move
currency and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers)
Workers who support financial
operations, such as those staffing data and security operations centers
Chemical
Workers supporting the chemical
and industrial gas supply chains, including workers at chemical manufacturing
plants, workers in laboratories, workers at distribution facilities, workers
who transport basic raw chemical materials to the producers of industrial and
consumer goods, including hand sanitizers, food and food additives,
pharmaceuticals, textiles, and paper products.
Workers supporting the safe
transportation of chemicals, including those supporting tank truck cleaning
facilities and workers who manufacture packaging items
Workers supporting the production
of protective cleaning and medical solutions, personal protective equipment,
and packaging that prevents the contamination of food, water, medicine, among
others essential products
Workers supporting the operation
and maintenance of facilities (particularly those with high risk chemicals
and/or sites that cannot be shut down) whose work cannot be done remotely and
requires the presence of highly trained personnel to ensure safe operations,
including plant contract workers who provide inspections
Workers who support the
production and transportation of chlorine and alkali manufacturing, single-use
plastics, and packaging that prevents the contamination or supports the
continued manufacture of food, water, medicine, and other essential products,
including glass container manufacturing
Defense Industrial Base
Workers who support the essential
services required to meet national security commitments to the federal
government and U.S. Military. These individuals, include but are not limited
to, aerospace; mechanical and software engineers, manufacturing/production
workers; IT support; security staff; security personnel; intelligence support,
aircraft and weapon system mechanics and maintainers
Personnel working for companies,
and their subcontractors, who perform under contract to the Department of
Defense providing materials and services to the Department of Defense, and
government-owned/contractor-operated and government-owned/government-operated
facilities
^ Each State has their own list
of what is deemed essential, but this list was the first one that came up when
I typed-in “What occupations are deemed essential during the Covid-19 pandemic?”
It seems to be a fairly long and balanced list that I’m sure can be found in
other States. ^
https://www.wmur.com/article/essential-businesses-new-hampshire-list-coronavirus-response/31947963
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.