{"id":"DUT-FED-004","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","authority":"29 U.S.C. 654(a)(2), 655; 29 C.F.R. 1910.134","instrument":"29 C.F.R. 1910.134 (respiratory protection)","title":"Respiratory protection","dateIssued":"1998-01-08","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1998-01-08","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["all general-industry employers whose employees require respirators; every hospital, nursing home, dental office, EMS and home-health employer in practice"],"clause":"(a)(2) A respirator shall be provided to each employee when such equipment is necessary to protect the health of such employee. The employer shall provide the respirators which are applicable and suitable for the purpose intended. The employer shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a respiratory protection program... (c)(1)... the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use.","enforcement":"29 U.S.C. 666","functions":[],"notes":"Wherever respirators (N95 and other filtering facepieces) were necessary to protect employees from SARS-CoV-2, the employer had to provide them and run a written program with medical evaluation, fit testing, training and maintenance. This was the most frequently cited standard in OSHA\u0027s COVID-19 inspections (Exs. DUT-FED-020, -067; the enforcement record\u0027s 2020 rows are dominated by 1910.134(c)(1), (e)(1), (f)(2), Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-033). OSHA\u0027s temporary enforcement memoranda of March 14, April 3, April 8 and April 24, 2020 adjusted fit-testing and shortage enforcement without suspending the duty (Exs. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015 to -018, -022).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2020-title29-vol5/pdf/CFR-2020-title29-vol5-sec1910-134.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":380865,"grade":"primary","character":"regulatory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-004","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.134 (respiratory protection) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-004)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-020","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-033","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015"]}