Responding to President Biden’s Executive Order of January 2021, OSHA announced, effective for the next 12 months (beginning March 12, 2021), their National Emphasis Program (NEP) for COVID-19. The OSHA…
In response to the delays of federal agencies in acknowledging and taking action on the science confirming the capability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to spread through inhalation, the American Industrial…
A local Chicago hospital finds themselves on the wrong side of OSHA, a situation that could have been avoided. As reported in the Chicago Tribune (L. Schencker, Feb. 24, 2021),…
Less than 24 hours after inauguration, President Biden issued an executive order tasking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider the necessity of an emergency COVID-19 standard; to…
Federal Workplace Safety Guidance Memo Aimed at Protecting Workers from COVID-19 The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies…
