{"id":"DUT-IN-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Indiana","state":"IN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Indiana Department of Labor (press release quoting Michelle Ellison, IOSHA deputy commissioner), as reproduced in full by WIMS Radio, LaPorte, Indiana","authority":"Ind. Code 22-8-1.1-2 (general duty), 22-8-1.1-27.1 (penalties); IOSHA complaint and inspection authority","instrument":"IDOL news release, \u0027Indiana Employers Made Diligent Efforts to Protect Employees During Pandemic\u0027 (Sept. 16, 2022), reproduced as \u0027Indiana Department of Labor: Employers made diligent efforts to protect employees during pandemic,\u0027 WIMS Radio (Sept. 17, 2022)","title":"IOSHA\u0027s retrospective analysis of its COVID-19 enforcement: more than 6,700 complaints in 2020 and 2021; employers required to demonstrate compliance with CDC business guidelines as part of the general duty; documents required in response to complaints; more than 120 inspections; citations issued","dateIssued":"2022-09-16","effective":"Describes IOSHA\u0027s enforcement during 2020 and 2021 (all six quarters)","end":"Not applicable (retrospective agency statement)","startDate":"2022-09-16","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers (every Indiana employer subject to IOSHA)"],"clause":"While IOSHA by statute is not permitted to enforce beyond existing federal OSHA standards, IOSHA required employers to demonstrate they were following both Centers for Disease Control business COVID guidelines as part of general duty and any guidance federal OSHA recommended. IOSHA collected and reviewed thousands of documents that employers were required to submit in response to complaints.","enforcement":"Citations under Ind. Code 22-8-1.1-27.1 (Ex. DUT-IN-005)","functions":[],"notes":"IOSHA states that during 2020 and 2021 it \u0027required employers to demonstrate they were following\u0027 the CDC\u0027s business COVID guidelines \u0027as part of general duty,\u0027 that employers \u0027were required to submit\u0027 documentation in response to more than 6,700 complaints (against about 1,200 a year before the pandemic), that employers \u0027submitted proof of providing protective measures, including Plexiglass barriers, masks and gloves, portable sanitation sinks, hand sanitizer stations, floor directional signage for social distancing, staggered work shifts, daily health screenings, temperature checks, etc.,\u0027 that IOSHA \u0027conducted more than 120 workplace inspections in response to reports of COVID-related fatalities and hospitalizations, and when complaint responses were not satisfactory,\u0027 and that it \u0027issued citations for violations of workplace safety and health standards as appropriate.\u0027 Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (news release).","sourceUrl":"https://wimsradio.com/2022/09/17/indiana-department-of-labor-employers-made-diligent-efforts-to-protect-employees-during-pandemic/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":700359,"grade":"secondary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-IN","url":"/library/DUT-IN-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IN-020","citation":"Indiana Department of Labor (press release quoting Michelle Ellison, IOSHA deputy commissioner), as reproduced in full by WIMS Radio, LaPorte, Indiana, IDOL news release, \u0027Indiana Employers Made Diligent Efforts to Protect Employees During Pandemic\u0027 (Sept. 16, 2022), reproduced as \u0027Indiana Department of Labor: Employers made diligent efforts to protect employees during pandemic,\u0027 WIMS Radio (Sept. 17, 2022) (Ex. DUT-IN-020)","stateName":"Indiana","related":["DUT-IN-005","DUT-IN-012","DUT-IN-013"]}