DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (OSHA-wide; targeted industries by NAICS)

Level

Federal

Authority

OSH Act §§ 5(a)(1), 8; EO 13999 § 2(d)

Issued

2021-03-12 Mar. 12, 2021

Effective

2021-03-12 ('EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 2021') (read as 2021-03-12)

End

2021-07-07 (superseded by DIR 2021-03, FED-083) (read as 2021-07-07)

In force

Mar. 12, 2021 to July 7, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rules

Addressees

• OSHA offices; employers in the targeted industries listed in Appendix A (hospitals, nursing homes, home health, physicians' and dentists' offices, ambulance services, meat and poultry processing, warehousing, grocery, restaurants, correctional institutions, etc.)

Functions reached

• EMP/HR workplace COVID-19 controls in the targeted industries (hospitals, physician practices, dental, home care, agriculture-food processing, logistics-warehousing, retail grocery, restaurants)

Collection

Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

This Direction describes policies and procedures for implementing a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to ensure that employees in high-hazard industries or work tasks are protected from the hazard of contracting SARS-CoV-2... The NEP augments OSHA's efforts addressing unprogrammed COVID-19-related activities, e.g., complaints, referrals, and severe incident reports, by adding a component to target specific high-hazard industries or activities where this hazard is prevalent. The NEP targets establishments that have workers with increased potential exposure to this hazard, and that puts the largest number of workers at serious risk.

Enforcement

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