The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 657, 658
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03
- End
- Rescinded for healthcare by the June 21, 2021 ETS framework (see DIR 2021-02); otherwise continued into 2021 (read as 2021-06-21)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to June 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain
- Addressees
- all employers subject to 29 C.F.R. 1910.134
- OSHA field staff
- Functions reached
- IC respirator programs
- SC N95 supply shortage across industries (construction, manufacturing, healthcare)
- HR
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
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
Notes
Federal acknowledgement that the N95 shortage reached every industry; directs prioritization of respirators for healthcare.