{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees","authority":"29 U.S.C. 657, 658","instrument":"Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020)","title":"Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03","end":"Rescinded for healthcare by the June 21, 2021 ETS framework (see DIR 2021-02); otherwise continued into 2021","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2021-06-21","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","HC","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["all employers subject to 29 C.F.R. 1910.134","OSHA field staff"],"clause":"This memorandum provides interim guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) for enforcing the Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.134, and certain other health standards, with regard to supply shortages of disposable N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95 FFRs).... Our previous memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak, issued on March 14, 2020, provided temporary guidance for 29 CFR 1910.134...","enforcement":"Citations under 29 U.S.C. 658; CSHOs to consider good-faith efforts to obtain alternatives and to permit extended use and reuse of N95s","functions":["IC respirator programs","SC N95 supply shortage across industries (construction, manufacturing, healthcare)","HR"],"notes":"Federal acknowledgement that the N95 shortage reached every industry; directs prioritization of respirators for healthcare.","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-04-03/enforcement-guidance-respiratory-protection-and-n95-shortage-due-coronavirus","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200411132028/https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-04-03/enforcement-guidance-respiratory-protection-and-n95-shortage-due-coronavirus","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":200846,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016","citation":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-023","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024"]}