Category: COVID-19
RHP Risk Management’s blog related to COVID-19 “shelter-in-place” period
Fact Sheets and FAQs on Updated COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards
Jon Redmond /May 19, 2022
Cal/OSHA has announced the anticipated updates to its FAQs on COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) to reflect the revisions adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. The…
CDC Publishes Quarantine and Isolation Calculator
Jon Redmond /May 5, 2022
To assist the general public with questions on suspected close contact with COVID-19 or contact with a positive case COVID-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a quarantine and…
OSHA National Emphasis Program to Protect Workers from Heat Hazards
Jon Redmond /April 18, 2022
To support its focus on reducing workplace heat illness hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for occupational illness and injuries…
The First State to Adopt an ‘Endemic’ Virus Policy
Jon Redmond /March 7, 2022
In preparation for the next steps in the new normal, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an ‘endemic’ approach to the coronavirus pandemic. The SMARTER Plan becomes the nation’s first adopted…
Cal/OSHA Votes to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Prevention ETS
Jon Redmond /February 11, 2022
Federal OSHA Halts COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS; Cal/OSHA Votes to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Prevention ETS The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of Federal OSHA’s emergency temporary standard…