The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington; Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (State-plan OSHA agency, statewide) · Washington
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- RCW 49.17.010,.040,.050,.060; RCW 34.05.350
- Issued
- 2020-05-26 May 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-26 (immediately upon filing; 120-day emergency rule) (read as 2020-05-26)
- End
- Readopted without gap July 2, 2020 (Ex. 051), Nov. 16, 2020 (Ex. 052), Dec. 16, 2020 (Ex. WA-099), Jan. 12, 2021 (Ex. 053), May 14 and May 24, 2021 (Ex. WA-067), July 6, 2021 (Ex. 054), Aug. 23, 2021 (Ex. 055), Sept. 20, 2021 (Ex. 056) and thereafter until the proclamations ended Oct. 31, 2022 (read as 2020-07-02)
- In force
- May 26, 2020 to July 2, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every employer in Washington subject to WISHA
- Functions reached
- EMP (every business condition of every Safe Start / Healthy Washington / Washington Ready proclamation converted into an enforceable workplace standard)
- SF
- DR
- FC
- PE
- PF
- JS
- OF
- WF
- HR
- Collection
- State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE
Operative words
Purpose:... Where a business activity is prohibited by an emergency proclamation an employer may not allow employees to perform work [under RCW 43.06.220]. Employers must comply with all conditions for operation required by emergency proclamation, including Safe Start [phased reopening requirements].... [The rule makes clear that] proclamations are also health and safety requirements under chapter 49.17 RCW and that employers can be subject to a [citation for violating them]. Statutory authority for adoption: RCW 49.17.010, RCW 49.17.040, RCW 49.17.050, and RCW 49.17.060.
Enforcement
L&I DOSH citations and civil penalties under RCW 49.17.180 for violation of a proclamation's business prohibitions or conditions
Notes
The mechanism by which Washington's Governor-ordered closures, capacity limits, masking and distancing conditions were enforced against employers in every industry from May 26, 2020 through the end of the period. Rule text is Ex. 078.