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OSHA launches COVID-19 National Emphasis Program, prioritizes onsite inspections

March 15, 2021

Even though construction employers are on the list for inspections under the program, area offices can delete employers from that list if they have had previous COVID-19-related inspections in the previous 12 months with the following outcomes:

  • Were issued serious citations related to COVID-19 hazards and those citations are under contest or the abatement period has not yet expired.
  • No serious citations were issued for hazards related to exposure to the virus.
  • Serious citations were issued for hazards related to exposure to COVID-19, but a follow-up inspection documented appropriate and effective efforts to abate the hazards.

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