The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)-(2); 29 C.F.R. 1910.134, 1910.132, 1904.39, 1904.4
- Issued
- 2020-11-06 Nov. 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-06
- End
- standing description of the enforcement record (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Nov. 6, 2020 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- Character
- agency enforcement summary
- Collection
- Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED
Operative words
.. complaints, referrals, or fatalities in industries such as: hospitals and healthcare, nursing homes and long term care settings, and meat/poultry processing facilities.... 1910.134(c)(1) The employer did not establish, implement, or update a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures.... 1904.39(a)(1) The employer did not report a fatality to OSHA within eight hours... 1910.132(d)(1) Note: these citations occurred in the healthcare sector...
Penalty
What it required
OSHA's own statement of which standing duties it was enforcing against COVID-19 exposures and in which industries: the respiratory-protection program, medical evaluation, fit testing and training provisions of 1910.134; PPE hazard assessment under 1910.132(d); fatality and hospitalization reporting under 1904.39 and recording under 1904.4; and the general duty clause.
Retrieval noteIssued with the DOL release of Nov. 6, 2020 announcing $2,496,768 in coronavirus violations from 204 inspections.