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…