COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard
OSHA to Lead Focused Inspection & Enforcement of Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on March 7 that until June 9, 2022, it will devote 15 percent of its workplace inspections per region to nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted living communities that treat pepople with COVID-19. Through this focused enforcement initiative, the agency will verify and assess employers’ compliance actions taken, including […]
Read MoreOSHA to Lead Focused Inspection & Enforcement of Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced this month that until June 9, 2022, it will devote 15 percent of its workplace inspections per region to nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted living communities that treat pepople with COVID-19. Through this focused enforcement initiative, the agency will verify and assess employers’ compliance actions taken, including their […]
Read MoreOSHA Seeks Extension for COVID-19 Recordkeeping & Reporting Standards
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking extension of the collection of information for the following provisions that were part of the OSHA The COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). 29 CFR 1910.502(q)(2)(ii) and (3) (ii)-(iv) Recordkeeping. Requiring employers with more than 10 employees to establish and maintain COVID-19 logs recording each instance in which […]
Read MoreOSHA Withdraws Most Provisions of the Healthcare ETS
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it is withdrawing the non-recordkeeping portions of the healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard put in place to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19. The COVID-19 log and reporting provisions, 29 CFR 1910.502(q)(2)(ii), (q)(3)(ii)-(iv), and (r), remain in effect. These provisions were adopted under a separate provision of the OSH […]
Read MoreOSHA Seeks Extension for COVID-19 Recordkeeping & Reporting Standards
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking extension of the collection of information for the following provisions that were part of the OSHA The COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). 29 CFR 1910.502(q)(2)(ii) and (3) (ii)-(iv) Recordkeeping. Requiring employers with more than 10 employees to establish and maintain COVID-19 logs recording each instance […]
Read MoreOSHA Withdraws Most Provisions of the Healthcare ETS
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it is withdrawing the non-recordkeeping portions of the healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard put in place to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19. The COVID-19 log and reporting provisions, 29 CFR 1910.502(q)(2)(ii), (q)(3)(ii)-(iv), and (r), remain in effect. These provisions were adopted under a separate provision of the […]
Read MoreOSHA Updates Guidance on Protecting Unvaccinated and At-Risk Workers from COVID-19
Medicare to pay for COVID-19 booster vaccines The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from the coronavirus. The updated guidance reflects developments in science and data, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated COVID-19 guidance issued July 27. The updated guidance expands […]
Read MoreOSHA Updates Guidance on Protecting Unvaccinated and At-Risk Workers from COVID-19
Medicare to pay for COVID-19 booster vaccines The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from the coronavirus. The updated guidance reflects developments in science and data, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated COVID-19 guidance issued July 27. The updated […]
Read MoreFollowing OSHA COVID-19 safety rule will ‘help us down the road,’ home care expert says
It is in home care’s best interest to adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s temporary standard related to COVID-19, an expert on the standard said Thursday. “To have compliance with the standard is not only going to help us with the moment, but it’s going to help us down the road, especially with the […]
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