The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 657, 658, 666
- Issued
- 2020-05-19 May 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-26
- End
- 2021-03-12 (superseded by Ex. 025) (read as 2021-03-12)
- In force
- May 26, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- OSHA Area Offices and CSHOs
- all employers
- Functions reached
- EMP employer workplace rules under inspection
- IC
- OP reporting
- PF/JS high-density workplaces (meat and poultry named)
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
This Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) provides instructions and guidance to Area Offices and compliance safety and health officers (CSHOs) for handling COVID-19-related complaints, referrals, and severe illness reports.... In geographic areas where community spread of COVID-19 has significantly decreased, OSHA will return to the inspection planning policy that OSHA relied on prior to the start of the COVID-19 health crises... OSHA will continue to prioritize COVID-19 cases... Continue prioritizing COVID-19 fatalities and imminent danger exposures for inspection. Particular attention for on-site inspections will be given to high-risk workplaces, such as hospitals and other healthcare providers treating patients with COVID-19, as well as workplaces with high numbers of complaints or known COVID-19 cases.
Enforcement
General Duty Clause and standards citations; penalties under 29 U.S.C. 666
Notes
The plan under which the September 2020 General Duty Clause citations (Ex. 095) and the 2020 Q3-Q4 inspection record (Ex. 033) issued.