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How Does OSHA Prioritize The Worksites It Inspects?

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has limited resources, and it cannot inspect every worksite. As a result, the agency uses a risk-based approach to target inspections at high-risk workplaces where...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

OSHA’s National Emphasis Program For COVID-19 Inspections: Things To Look For

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On March 12, 2021, OSHA established a 12-month long “National Emphasis Program,” effecting an immediate emphasis on the enforcement of safety standards associated with COVID-19. The “COVID-19 NEP” also creates “an added...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

OSHA Guidance On How It Will Conduct COVID-19 Inspections

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 (Response Plan) to regional administrator and state plan designees on March 12, 2021. Although not...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

OSHA Signals an Uptick in COVID-Related Inspections

On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a National Emphasis Program (“NEP”), signaling a renewed focus on COVID-19 under the Biden Administration. A NEP is a temporary program that focuses...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OSHA Issues NEP And Updated Enforcement Response Plan To Combat Workplace Exposure To COVID-19

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As mandated by President Biden’s January 21 Executive Order, OSHA has announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) designed to protect workers from contracting COVID-19. On March 12, 2021, OSHA announced its new national...more

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OSHA Publishes New National Emphasis Program Targeting COVID-19 Enforcement

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) focusing on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The NEP is effective immediately and will remain in effect until March 12, 2022,...more

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