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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- OSH Act § 8, 29 U.S.C. § 657; OSHA Instruction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), revising DIR 2021-01 (Mar. 12, 2021)
- Issued
- 2021-07-07 July 7, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-07
- End
- effective for no more than 12 months from the effective date (§ VII); superseded 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 7, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rules
- Addressees
- OSHA area offices
- State Plans (notice within 15 days)
- employers in the Appendix A target industries
- Functions reached
- OP (employer written program and inspection exposure)
- WF
- CL (healthcare laundry within healthcare settings via Table 1 healthcare NAICS)
- Collection
- Personal Care and Other Services SEC-18
Operative words
DIRECTIVE NUMBER: DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03) EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 2021... Appendix A of this Direction provides lists of affected industries by their North American Industry Classification System (2017 NAICS) codes. The lists in Appendix A include industries where workers may be at increased potential [exposure]... This Direction is effective for no more than 12 months from the effective date, unless canceled or extended.
Enforcement
Programmed inspections and citations under 29 C.F.R. part 1910 and the general duty clause
Notes
Q3 2021 federal enforcement instrument. Appendix A Table 1 lists healthcare NAICS (621111, 621610, 621910, 622110, 623110, 623210, 623311, 623312) and Table 2 lists meat and poultry processing (311611, 311612, 311615), supermarkets (445110), warehousing (493110), temporary help (561320), restaurants (722511, 722513) and correctional institutions (922140). NAICS 812 personal services are not targeted; the NEP reaches this industry through its healthcare customers (hospital and nursing-home laundry) and through the general-duty inspections of any employer with a complaint or fatality.
Retrieval noteAppendix A rows read at text lines 1395-1451; the OSHA site marks the document 'historical content.'.