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OSHA Updates Their COVID-19 Workplace Guidance

Written by Mari Wagner | Jun 14, 2021 3:53:18 PM

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OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has updated its guidance on preventing and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. It now reflects the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance.

For workplaces with all fully vaccinated employees, most employers no longer need to take steps to protect their workers from COVID-19 exposure. The new guidance focuses on protections for at-risk and unvaccinated employees. Included is an appendix with measures for high-risk workplaces with mixed-vaccination status workers. It states that employers should take extra steps for high-risk situations due to close contact, duration of contact, type of contact, and other distinctive factors.

Employers should use this guidance to determine if any control measures need to be implemented to protect at-risk and unvaccinated workers in their workplace.

Download the bulletin for more details.

This blog is intended to be a compilation of information and resources pulled from federal, state, and local agencies. This is not intended to be legal advice. For up to the minute information and guidance on COVID-19, please follow the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and your local health organizations.