OSHA Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease
April 17, 2020
Per OSHA’s COVID-19 Interim Enforcement Response Plan, “heightened attention” will be given to COVID-19 risks. This guidance is specifically directed to OSHA’s Area Offices on conducting investigations and inspections involving potential exposures “to the workplace hazard of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), which is the virus causing the current COVID-19 pandemic.”
Read OSHA’s full news release here.
Please contact Matt Forest, Director of Risk Control Services at Lyons Companies for assistance with establishing and implementing/updating your Infectious Disease Preparedness & Response Plan as well as guidance on how to handle OSHA enforcement.
