The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 40 O.S. ch. 10; Public Law 91-596 (federal OSH Act) sec. 6 and sec. 18
- Issued
- 2001-07-01 July 1, 2001
- Effective
- standing (read as 2001-07-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since July 1, 2001 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- the Commissioner of Labor (allocation of jurisdiction); private employers (consultation)
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Oklahoma DUT-OK
Operative words
The Commissioner shall not assert enforcement jurisdiction pursuant to Section 401 et seq. of this title over any occupational safety or health issue with respect to which a federal standard has been issued pursuant to Section (6) of Public Law 91-596, also known as the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
Penalty
What it required
Confirms the allocation: federal OSHA holds enforcement jurisdiction over private-sector workplace safety in Oklahoma, and the Commissioner of Labor provides consultation to private employers (subsection B) rather than enforcement; the private employer's workplace duty during the pandemic was therefore 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) and the OSHA standards (respiratory protection, sanitation, recordkeeping) the library holds (AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015 to -023).
Retrieval noteOklahoma operates an OSHA-approved State plan for public employees only; the private sector is under federal OSHA (Oklahoma City Area Office, Region VI). The DUT-FED layer holds the federal general duty clause and the OSHA COVID-19 instruments.