{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018","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","authority":"29 U.S.C. 657, 658","instrument":"Memorandum, Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020)","title":"Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-04-08","effective":"2020-04-08","end":"Continued into 2021","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["all industries subject to 29 C.F.R. 1910.134","OSHA field staff"],"clause":"This memorandum expands temporary enforcement guidance provided in OSHA\u0027s March 14, 2020, memorandum to Compliance Safety and Health Officers for enforcing annual fit-testing requirements of the Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2), with regard to supply shortages of N95s or other filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This expanded temporary enforcement guidance applies to all workplaces covered by OSHA where there is required use of respirators.","enforcement":"Citation discretion under 29 U.S.C. 658","functions":["IC and PF: respirator programs in manufacturing, construction, mining-adjacent and laboratory settings","SC"],"notes":"Extends the N95 shortage finding to every industry.","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-04-08/expanded-temporary-enforcement-guidance-respiratory-protection-fit-testing-n95","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":130898,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018","citation":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-017","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022"]}