OSHA’s COVID-19 National Emphasis Program Will Increase Targeted Inspections Beginning March 26

On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its new COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP). The NEP and related updates to OSHA’s interim enforcement response plan for COVID-19 are in response to President Biden’s executive order on protecting worker health and safety issued on January 21. The goal of the NEP is to significantly reduce or eliminate worker exposure to COVID-19 by targeting industries and worksites where employees may have a high frequency...
By: Carlton Fields

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