The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 657, 658
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03
- End
- Continued into 2021 (see Ex. 016) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesSupply chain
- Addressees
- employers using respirators
- OSHA field staff
- Functions reached
- SC imported PPE (KN95 and other foreign-certified respirators) admitted into compliance because domestic supply failed
- IC
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
SUBJECT: Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic... [permits use of respirators] Certified under certain standards of other countries or jurisdictions, as specified below; or When equipment certified under standards of other countries or jurisdictions is not available, previously certified under the standards of other countries...
Enforcement
Citation discretion under 29 U.S.C. 658
Notes
Federal recognition that the domestic N95 supply chain had failed by April 3, 2020.