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Ex. SEC-09-022 Order Primary source read

LADBS Announcement No. 5, COVID-19 Safety Guidance for Construction Sites

LADBS construction site COVID-19 requirements

Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety · City of Los Angeles (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Los Angeles · California
Level
City
Authority
Mayor's Safer at Home Public Order (Mar. 19, 2020, as revised); LAMC ch. IX (unsafe conditions)
Issued
2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-03-31
In force
Mar. 31, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • construction industry employers; owners and contractors on permitted sites
Functions reached
  • JS
  • PM (inspections withheld)
  • BD (gatherings precluded)
  • HR
  • SB
Collection
Construction SEC-09

Operative words

Construction industry employers shall develop a comprehensive COVID-19 exposure control plan, which includes control measures such as social distancing; symptom checking; hygiene; decontamination procedures, and training... Failure to comply with this guidance shall be deemed as creating unsafe conditions and may result in withheld inspections or shutting down the construction site until corrected... The owner/contractor shall designate a site specific COVID-19 Supervisor... Preclude gatherings of any size... Maintain a daily attendance log of all workers and visitors.

Enforcement

Withheld inspections; site shutdown; LADBS verification at scheduled inspections and on complaints

Notes

Illustrates the building-department lever: compliance made a condition of inspections and permits.

Retrieval note

File slug date 2020-04-01 approximates the Mar. 31, 2020 announcement.