It's Not Over: Covid Still an OSHA Priority

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) National Emphasis Program for worker safety in the Covid-19 pandemic will be extended past its upcoming July expiration date, Doug Parker, OSHA’s assistant secretary of labor, told attendees during a Q&A at the American Society of Safety Professionals’ annual conference in Chicago and reported on by Business Insurance.

“We're about to announce its extension,” he said during the session, which also aired online. “We're currently seeing hospitalizations on the increase in the country from COVID-19. And so we don't believe that this is the time to let up on our activity.”

Mr. Parker, who served as chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health at the start of the pandemic and was sworn in to head federal OSHA in late 2021, said the pandemic will continue to be an “immediate focus” for the federal agency.

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Source: Business Insurance