The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- SC OSHA, General Requirements and Prevention Ideas for Workplaces (Apr. 20, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20
- End
- standing guidance through 2021 Q3 (still posted) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Apr. 20, 2020 (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
- Capacity limitWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- employers (all workplaces)
- Character
- guidance incorporated
- Collection
- Standing duties: South Carolina DUT-SC
Operative words
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.
Penalty
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
What it required
The State plan's statement of what the general duty required of every employer for the COVID-19 hazard: mandatory social distancing of at least six feet 'when feasible', 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.
Retrieval noteAn agency fact sheet, not a promulgated standard; recorded as the agency's own statement of the general duty's content, in the agency's mandatory verbs ('requires', 'must', 'Mandatory Social Distancing: Employers must ensure all employees keep at least six feet away from coworkers and the public, when feasible. Other prevention measures are required such as use of barriers to block sneezes and coughs, and ventilation improvements when social distancing isn't feasible'). Its 'Ideas' sections are suggestions and are recorded as such. The document is 'public health guidance' under Act No. 99 § 3(5).