{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-019","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 (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees","authority":"29 U.S.C. 657(c), 673; 29 C.F.R. 1904.4-.7","instrument":"Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 10, 2020)","title":"Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-04-10","effective":"2020-04-10","end":"2020-05-26 (superseded by Ex. 023 effective May 26, 2020)","startDate":"2020-04-10","endDate":"2020-05-26","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["all employers subject to 29 C.F.R. part 1904","healthcare, emergency response and correctional employers (full duty retained)"],"clause":"In areas where there is ongoing community transmission, employers other than those in the healthcare industry, emergency response organizations (e.g., emergency medical, firefighting, and law enforcement services), and correctional institutions may have difficulty making determinations about whether workers who contracted COVID-19 did so due to exposures at work.... Employers of workers in the healthcare industry, emergency response organizations... and correctional institutions must continue to make work-relatedness determinations pursuant to 29 CFR part 1904.","enforcement":"Citations under 29 C.F.R. part 1904 and 29 U.S.C. 658; enforcement discretion for non-healthcare employers absent objective evidence","functions":["OP recordkeeping and reporting (Forms 300, 300A, 301; 1904.39 reporting of hospitalizations and fatalities)","IC healthcare work-relatedness determinations","HR"],"notes":"Imposed a differentiated federal recordkeeping duty by industry in 2020 Q2.","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-04-10/enforcement-guidance-recording-cases-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":220919,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-019","citation":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-019)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-006","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020"]}