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The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1988, D.C. Law 7-186, sec. 4; applicability governed by sec. 26(a) (D.C. Code sec. 32-1124(a))
- Issued
- 1989-03-16 Mar. 16, 1989
- Effective
- Never in effect: applies '2 years after approval of the plan by the Secretary' and 'That condition has not been met' (read as 1989-03-16)
- End
- standing (inoperative) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Mar. 16, 1989 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- employers (inoperative provision; federal duty applies instead)
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
Not Applicable.... Section 26 (a) of D.C. Law 7-186 (sec. 32-1124(a)) provided that secs. 32-1102, 32-1103, 32-1105 to 32-1123, and the repeal of Chapter 8 of Title 32 shall apply 2 years after approval of the plan by the Secretary. That condition has not been met.
Penalty
None under this section; federal OSH Act penalties, 29 U.S.C. sec. 666, apply through sec. 654
What it required
Records that the District's own general-duty provision for employers never took effect because no District occupational safety and health plan was approved by the Secretary of Labor, so that federal OSHA and the general duty clause of 29 U.S.C. sec. 654(a)(1) (Ex. DUT-DC-018) govern every private employer in the District directly.
Retrieval noteThe District is a federal-OSHA jurisdiction (OSHA Region 3, Baltimore/Washington Area Office). The District supplemented the federal duty with its own COVID-19 workplace statutes, Exs. DUT-DC-010 to DUT-DC-012 and DUT-DC-014.