OSHA has issued an "interim enforcement response
plan", effective immediately, to guide its field offices in
conducting evaluations of workplace safety for protections against
COVID-19. The plan requires that OSHA inspectors be judicious
in use of in-person worksite inspections, and that they be trained
in how to identify workers who likely have COVID-19. The
inspectors must also be provided personal protective equipment and
decontamination products.
Among other things, the enforcement plan:
- provides guidance for assessing the
COVID-19 risk level of a workplace to determine whether it should
be raised in priority for an in-person inspection;
- provides guidance for determining
whether an in-person inspection should even be conducted;
