There are myriad workplace safety and health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the newly updated OSHA regulatory obligations for recordkeeping that employers must meet. And with thousands of worker claims made to OSHA involving COVID-19, the agency issued an updated enforcement guidance for onsite inspections. Eric Conn and Aaron Gelb from NGA’s Labor and Employment law firm, Conn Maciel Carey LLP, will review the circumstances the OSHA recordkeeping and reporting obligations related to employee COVID-19 cases, and provide information on how the agency will proceed with inspections, along with enforcement actions. Participants will learn about the following:
• Applicable OSHA standards and guidance
• Strategies for employers to prevent workplace exposures
• Elements of an effective COVID-19 Infection/Exposure Control Plan
• Best practices for engineering and administrative controls to mitigate workplace exposures to COVID-19
• Pre-shift Health Screening Protocols and Lessons Learned
• Decisions about Respirators, Face Coverings, and other Protective Equipment
• Recording and Reporting to OSHA and State OSH Programs about employee COVID-19 infections
