{"id":"FED-083","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (OSHA-wide)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs","authority":"OSH Act §§ 5(a)(1), 8; 29 C.F.R. § 1910.502; EO 13999","instrument":"DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (July 7, 2021)","title":"DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2021-07-07","effective":"2021-07-07 (\u0027EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 2021\u0027)","end":"cancelled January 2025 (per prior research)","startDate":"2021-07-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["OSHA offices; employers in targeted industries (Appendix A: healthcare by NAICS including 621610 Home Health Care Services, 621111, 621210, 622110, 623110; Appendix B non-healthcare)"],"clause":"This revised Direction describes policies and procedures for implementing a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to ensure that employees in high-hazard industries or work tasks are protected from the hazard of contracting SARS-CoV-2... The NEP targets establishments that have workers with increased potential exposure to this hazard, and that puts the largest number of workers at serious risk. In addition, this NEP includes an added focus to ensure that workers are protected from retaliation... This Direction applies OSHA-wide. [References:] Presidential Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, January 21, 2021.","enforcement":"Programmed inspections; ETS citations per DIR 2021-02 in covered healthcare settings; general duty clause elsewhere","functions":["EMP/HR/IC in the targeted industries throughout 2021Q3"],"notes":"Issued in the first week of 2021Q3 and in force for the whole quarter: a federal enforcement program singling out health care, meat and poultry processing, warehousing, grocery, restaurants and other industries for programmed COVID-19 inspections.","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/directives/DIR_2021-03_CPL_03.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1351449,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-083","citation":"OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (July 7, 2021) (Ex. FED-083)","stateName":"","related":["FED-082","DUT-KS-013","FED-062","FED-081"]}