OSHA Hour: Respirators, Face Masks, and Face Coverings: What are the Differences and What are Employers’ Legal Obligations?

During the current COVID-19 crisis, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and even state and local closure and shelter-in-place orders have recommended or required workplace use of face protection in the form of respirators, masks, and/or other face coverings. How do these various forms of face protection differ? What do the differences mean to employers’ legal obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act? This third session in our OSHA Hour webinar series will untangle the confusion and bring clarity to what employers can do to comply with federal and/or state law if they allow or require the use of face protection.