{"id":"FED-088","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (all employers)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor","authority":"Guidance (OSHA 3990-03 2020); OSH Act § 5(a)(1) for the underlying hazard","instrument":"Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020)","title":"Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-09","effective":"guidance; no compliance date","end":"superseded by the Jan. 29, 2021 guidance (FED-089)","startDate":"2020-03-09","endDate":"2021-01-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["all employers"],"clause":"This guidance is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards. The recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content, and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.... the Act\u0027s General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.","enforcement":"None as guidance; general duty clause citations used it as the measure of recognized hazard and feasible abatement","functions":["EMP context: the federal template (exposure-risk pyramid; engineering, administrative and PPE controls) that State workplace orders incorporated by reference"],"notes":"CONTEXT ONLY, never pleaded as the order. Many State orders (e.g., the Pennsylvania Worker Safety Order, Michigan EO 2020-97, Oregon OSHA rules) incorporated OSHA and CDC guidance and made it mandatory; this exhibit supplies the text they incorporated.","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA3990.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1564458,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-088","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-088","citation":"OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-088)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-CT-005","DUT-CT-009","DUT-GA-008","DUT-KS-013","DUT-ME-005","DUT-ME-006","DUT-ND-008","DUT-NE-018"]}