{"id":"DUT-SC-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health (SC OSHA)","authority":"SC OSHA, General Requirements and Prevention Ideas for Workplaces (Apr. 20, 2020)","instrument":"SC OSHA FastFind, \u0027Corona Virus (COVID-19) Prevention: General Requirements and Prevention Ideas for Workplaces\u0027 (created April 20, 2020)","title":"General Requirements and Prevention Ideas for Workplaces: mandatory social distancing; handwashing and sanitation; sick employees stay home; hazard education; ideas for indoor, mobile and outdoor work areas, break rooms and meeting rooms","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20","end":"standing guidance through 2021 Q3 (still posted)","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","CAP"],"addressees":["employers (all workplaces)"],"clause":"SC OSHA requires employers to provide a safe and healthy workplace and to implement practices that ensure coronavirus prevention. Employers must ensure social distancing for employees and customers; frequent and adequate employee handwashing; and that sick employees stay home.","enforcement":"none in the document itself; the stated requirements are enforced as the content of § 41-15-80 and Reg. 71-112 through citations and civil penalties, and adherence to them is the condition of immunity under Act No. 99 § 4","functions":[],"notes":"The State plan\u0027s statement of what the general duty required of every employer for the COVID-19 hazard: mandatory social distancing of at least six feet \u0027when feasible\u0027, barriers and ventilation improvements where distancing is not feasible, control of customer flow and of the number of people entering, handwashing and surface sanitation, exclusion of sick employees and hazard education.","sourceUrl":"http://www.scosha.llronline.com/pdfs/2020/General%20Requirement%20and%20Prevention%20Practices.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":194072,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-SC","url":"/library/DUT-SC-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-SC-014","citation":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health (SC OSHA), SC OSHA FastFind, \u0027Corona Virus (COVID-19) Prevention: General Requirements and Prevention Ideas for Workplaces\u0027 (created April 20, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-014)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["DUT-SC-012","DUT-SC-015","DUT-SC-010"]}