{"id":"DUT-IN-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Indiana","state":"IN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Indiana Department of Labor (IOSHA)","authority":"Ind. Code 22-8-1.1-2 (general duty); 620 IAC 1-1-1 (adopted federal standards, 29 C.F.R. Part 1910 Subpart I); section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act as restated by IDOL","instrument":"IDOL web page, \u0027Coronavirus (COVID-19)\u0027 (www.in.gov/dol/3142.htm), Wayback Machine capture of May 29, 2020","title":"IDOL\u0027s COVID-19 page: IOSHA will continue to accept and process COVID-19 safety and health complaints; the PPE standards and the General Duty Clause apply to preventing occupational exposure; OSHA enforcement memoranda listed","dateIssued":"2020-05-29","effective":"2020 Q2 through 2021 Q3","end":"Standing web page during the period","startDate":"2020-05-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers; employees"],"clause":"We will continue to accept and process safety and health complaints related to the COVID-19 pandemic through our IOSHA nonformal complaint form... The General Duty Clause... which requires employers to furnish to each worker \u0022employment and a place of employment, which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.\u0022","enforcement":"Complaint-driven enforcement under Ind. Code 22-8-1.1-27.1 (Ex. DUT-IN-005)","functions":[],"notes":"IDOL\u0027s contemporaneous statement, under the heading \u0027OSHA Standards and Directives Applying to COVID-19,\u0027 that \u0027Some existing OSHA requirements may apply to preventing occupational exposure,\u0027 naming the PPE standards (\u002729 CFR 1910 Subpart I, which require using gloves, eye and face protection, and respiratory protection\u0027) and the General Duty Clause; it lists OSHA\u0027s Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, the Interim Enforcement Response Plan and the good-faith enforcement discretion memorandum, and relays the CDC\u0027s prevention measures (six feet, cloth face coverings, hand hygiene) as \u0027The CDC recommends\u0027 (recorded as recommendation). Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (web page).","sourceUrl":"https://www.in.gov/dol/3142.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200529164908/https://www.in.gov/dol/3142.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":323396,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-IN","url":"/library/DUT-IN-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IN-014","citation":"Indiana Department of Labor (IOSHA), IDOL web page, \u0027Coronavirus (COVID-19)\u0027 (www.in.gov/dol/3142.htm), Wayback Machine capture of May 29, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-014)","stateName":"Indiana","related":["DUT-IN-005","DUT-IN-010","DUT-IN-011","DUT-IN-019","DUT-IN-013"]}