OSHA continues to update its COVID-19 webpage with guidance for employers and workers. Resources issued between July 1 and September 30, 2020 include:

• Updated Frequently Asked Questions and Answers 
• Alerts for the Food Truck, Hair and Nail Salon, and In-Home Repair Service industries; and for Restaurants Resuming Dine-In Service
• Posters for Fish and Seafood and Meat, Poultry, and Pork Processing and Packaging; and the Automotive Service and Cleaning industries
• An Employee Health and Food Safety Checklist for Human and Animal Food
  Operations During the Pandemic (developed with the Food and Drug Administration)
• Guidance on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings while Working Indoors or Outdoors in Hot and Humid Conditions
• Guidance on Compliance with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Wallet Card on Agricultural Worker Safety

Other COVID-19 resources:

• Department of Labor webpage with guidance from OSHA and other DOL agencies
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) webpage provides COVID-19 resources for the protection of workers
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage
• CPWR (The Center for Construction Research and Training) webpage with resources on COVID-19 for the construction industry
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Back to Work Safely webpage provides industry-specific guidance on safely reopening
• National Safety Council (NSC) SAFER: Safe Actions for Employee Returns provides guidance for returning to traditional work environments

Whistleblower Protection Fact Sheets

OSHA issued new whistleblower protection fact sheets for Employees Who Report Federal Tax Law Violations and Pipeline Facility Workers, and updated the fact sheet for Aviation Industry Employees.

Hazard Alert: Working Safely in Hot Weather

OSHA issued its hazard alert, Working Safely in Hot Weather in Spanish.

OSHA's Alliance Program participants did not issue new products from July 1 to September 30, 2020. For a complete listing of Alliance products, see the Alliance Program Participant Developed Products webpage.  Alliance products do not necessarily reflect the official views of OSHA.

NIOSH FACE Reports and Products

The NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program conducts investigations on workplace fatalities to identify the factors that contributed to these fatal injuries. This information is used to develop comprehensive recommendations for preventing similar incidents.  The following are selected NIOSH FACE Program reports and products issued from July 1 to September 30, 2020.  See the NIOSH FACE website for all the latest reports.

Agriculture

• Farmer Pinned By Tree Limb When Tree Shifted While Limbing/Bucking Tree, Michigan
• Farmer Driving a Pickup Truck Was Struck When a Pickup Ran a Stop Sign, Michigan
• Farmworker Dies in Grain Bin Engulfment, Kentucky
• Michigan FACE Hazard Alert: Farmers and Trees: Tasks That Can Kill

Construction

• Washington FACE Construction Hazard Alert: Using Reach Forklifts as Cranes
• Laborer Partially Buried When Trench Wall Collapses, Washington
• Framer Falls 20 Feet Through Stairwell Opening, Washington
• Pipefitter Struck By Pressurized Pipe and Killed, Oregon
• Construction Supervisor Dies By Suicide, Washington

Other FACE Report and Products

• A Water Truck Operator Died After Being Struck By a Pressurized Hose, California
• School Crossing Guard Struck By Vehicle, Michigan
• Crab Fishing Vessel Capsizes and Drowns Three Crew Members, Oregon
• California FACE FACTS: Two Older Workers Die When They Fall From Ladders
• Kentucky FACE Hazard Alert: Women as Victims of Workplace Violence
• Michigan FACE Hazard Alert: Work-Related Crushing Injuries Due to Presses – Stop Work-Related Crushing Injuries
• Truck Driver Crushed By Hay Bales, Washington

Suicide Prevention in Construction

CPWR- The Center for Construction Research and Training issued a Hazard Alert Card [English, Spanish] and Toolbox Talk [English, Spanish] for preventing suicides among construction workers.

Preventing Silica Exposures

To protect construction and surface mining workers who use mobile equipment from silica dust exposures, CPWR issued a Hazard Alert Card [English, Spanish], Toolbox Talk [English, Spanish] and Dealer/Renter Fact Sheet [English, Spanish].

Harwood Grants

No new materials developed by grantees under OSHA’s Susan Harwood Training Grant Program were posted on the OSHA website from July 1 to September 30, 2020. See the OSHA website for a complete list of a materials developed by Harwood grantees. These materials do not necessarily reflect the official views of OSHA.