{"id":"DUT-AK-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"AKOSH Consultation and Training Team, Labor Standards and Safety Division, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development","authority":"AS 18.60.075(a); 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) (recited in the FAQ); 8 AAC 61.1010 (29 C.F.R. 1910.134 respiratory protection, recited)","instrument":"COVID-19 FAQ From AKOSH Consultation and Training Team","title":"COVID-19 FAQ (AKOSH Consultation and Training)","dateIssued":"2020-05-27","effective":"2020-05-27 (posted; live at retrieval on Sept. 28, 2026)","end":"standing guidance (live at retrieval)","startDate":"2020-05-27","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"An \u0022Exposure Control Plan\u0022 developed for your business shall identify at risk workers through an updated risk assessment and take the appropriate steps to protect them. This is a requirement of The General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970, 29 USC 654(a)(1)... The employer is required to use the Hierarchy of Controls appropriately","enforcement":"None in the instrument; the duties it states are enforced under AS 18.60.095 (DUT-AK-005)","functions":[],"notes":"The State plan agency\u0027s own statement to Alaska employers that a COVID-19 exposure control plan and risk assessment \u0027is a requirement of The General Duty Clause\u0027, that \u0027The employer is required to use the Hierarchy of Controls\u0027, that employers with required or voluntary respirator use \u0027must continue to manage their respiratory protection programs\u0027, and, recorded exactly, that the State\u0027s cloth face-covering Health Alert \u0027is not considered a mandate, but a recommendation\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://labor.state.ak.us/lss/documents/COVID19_AKOSH_FAQ.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":273410,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-AK","url":"/library/DUT-AK-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AK-008","citation":"AKOSH Consultation and Training Team, Labor Standards and Safety Division, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, COVID-19 FAQ From AKOSH Consultation and Training Team (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-008)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["DUT-AK-005"]}