anti-retaliation principles
-
OSHA Issues Immediately Effective COVID-19 National Enforcement Program and Updated Enforcement Guidance: No ETS Yet
On March 12, 2012, OSHA took two significant new actions to enhance its enforcement actions regarding COVID-19 workplace safety: (1) establishing the National Emphasis Program – COVID-19 (the NEP) targeting higher hazard industries for OSHA enforcement action; and (2) updating and replacing its former Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 (the Enforcement Plan) to prioritize… Continue reading
29 CFR § 1910.1020, 29 CFR part 1904, administrative controls, anti-retaliation principles, CDC Guidelines, CISA, citation, citations, complaint, construction, COVID-19, COVID-19 safety issues, COVID-19 safety violations, CSHO, Department of Labor Regional Solicitor, distancing measures, Emergency Temporary Standard, employees, employers, Enforcement Plan, enforcement policy procedure, engineering controls, essential worker, ETS, exposed worker, face covering, feasible means to abate the hazard, General Duty Clause, HAL, Hazard, Hazard Alert Letter, industries, industry, injury/illness recordkeeping, inspections, interview, January 26 2021, local government, manufacturing, March 15 2021, May 11 2021, merchandising, Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace, multiple death, multiple hospitalization, NAICS, National Emphasis Program, NEP, non-management personnel, OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers, OSHA Directives System, OSHA envlrocement, OSHA inspection, PPE, private sector employers, recordkeeping documents, reporting documents, retaliation, return-to-work procedures, sanitation practice, serious risk, severe incident, sick, sick worker, state government, Targeted Industries in Healthcare, transportation, unabated hazards, ventilation, violation, walkaround, Whistleblower Protection Program, work practice, worker protection actions, Workplace