OSHA Hour: What OSHA Standards and Regulations Affect COVID-19 Inspections?

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an evolving series of enforcement guidance and memoranda for employers on a range of workplace safety and health issues—from fit testing and decontamination of N95 respirators to hygiene controls to employer recordkeeping responsibilities. The agency’s latest enforcement guidance, which took effect on May 26, 2020, reinstated the duty of most employers to analyze whether COVID-19 cases are work-related—and subject to recording on injury and illness logs—and establishes the criteria OSHA inspectors are required to apply to assess employers’ compliance efforts. In this webinar, the speakers will provide an overview of what employers need to know about the standards governing OSHA enforcement during the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency.