The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(2), 655; 29 C.F.R. 1910.1030
- Issued
- 1991-12-06 Dec. 6, 1991
- Effective
- standing (read as 1991-12-06)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Dec. 6, 1991 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- employers whose employees have occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials
- Character
- regulatory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED
Operative words
(c)(1)(i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.... (d)(1) Universal precautions shall be observed to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Penalty
What it required
Health-care and other employers with occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials had to maintain a written exposure control plan and observe universal precautions. OSHA's enforcement plans state that the standard 'applies to occupational exposure to human blood and other potentially infectious materials' and that its provisions 'offer a framework that may help control some sources of the virus' (Exs. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020, -024; DUT-FED-009).
Retrieval noteRecorded as OSHA characterized it: a standing standard whose application to SARS-CoV-2 is limited to blood and OPIM exposure; it is not pleaded as a general COVID-19 duty.