COVID-19 Resources

OSHA continues to update its COVID-19 webpage with guidance for employers and workers. Recently, OSHA:

• Issued an Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare (issued June 21, 2021; public comments now due August 20, 2021) and Inspection Procedures for the COVID-19 ETS (June 28, 2021), and launched a new webpage with ETS-related resources, including:
  • Fact Sheets: 
    • Subpart U- COVID-19 Healthcare ETS
    • COVID-19 ETS (in English and Spanish)
    • Mini-Respiratory Protection Program
    • Protecting Workers Rights' under the COVID-19 Healthcare ETS (in English and Spanish)
  • ETS Summary (in English and Spanish)
  • Flow Chart: Is Your Workplace Covered by the ETS?
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  • Webinar: COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare
  • Implementation Resources, including a COVID-19 Plan Template, COVID-19 Healthcare Worksite Checklist & Employee Job Hazard Analysis, and several other fact sheets, tools, and training presentations. See osha.gov/coronavirus/ETS for a full list.
• Released Updated Guidance for Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (June 10, 2021) which focuses protections on unvaccinated and otherwise at-risk workers, encourages COVID-19 vaccination, and links to updated guidance.
• Issued a revised National Emphasis Program (NEP) for COVID-19, and Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan (IERP) (July 7, 2021). Both documents replace the March 12, 2021 versions and provide updated enforcement procedures.

Updated Heat Illness Prevention Resources

OSHA has released new materials as part of Heat Illness Prevention Campaign, including:

• New pamphlet (English and Spanish)
• Updated poster (English and Spanish)
• New public service announcements (English and Spanish) 
• New infographics (English and Spanish)
• A DOL blog post with best practices for preventing heat illness at work

Videos: Application Process for Susan Harwood Training Grants  

OSHA released a video on the application process for Susan Harwood Training Grants on Infectious Diseases, including COVID-19, and a video on on the application process for Targeted Topic Training, Training and Educational Materials Development, and new Capacity Building Grants. Applications must be submitted at grants.gov by July 26, 2021 and August 23, 2021, respectively.

In addition, a recent DOL blog post spotlights how one Harwood grantee developed training for Vietnamese nail salon workers in Orange County, California.

More information is available at osha.gov/harwoodgrants. See below for links to recently posted grantee-developed training materials.

Beryllium Resources

After issuing Interim Enforcement Guidance and Small Entity Compliance Guide for Beryllium in General Industry, OSHA published four related resources:

• Guidance on Medical Surveillance for Beryllium Exposed Workers under the beryllium general industry standard. 
•  QuickCards^TM: Beryllium Medical Surveillance Information for Workers and updated Worker Information on the Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Test (BeLPT). 
• Updated Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers from Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds: Final Rule Overview.

More information is available at osha.gov/beryllium.

Whistleblower Card

OSHA issued a new card, Whistleblowers Have the Right to Report Tax Fraud! in English and Spanish.

OSHA's Alliance Program participants did not issue new products from  April 1 to June 30, 2021. 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 April 1 to June 30, 2021.  See the NIOSH FACE website for all the latest reports.

Agriculture

• Operator Run Over by Combine Harvester when Engine Started by “Hot-wiring” (WA)

Construction

• FACE Hazard Alert: Electrocutions in the Construction Industry (KY)

Transportation

• Dump Truck Driver Dies in Multi-Vehicle Collision after Truck Overturns (KY)
• FACE Hazard Alert: Pedestrian Fatalities (KY)

Temporary Workers

• Newly Hired Lighting Technician Electrocuted while Working Night Shift (OR)

Struck-By Resources and New Fatality Dashboard

CPWR- The Center for Construction Research and Training published a data bulletin on struck-by injuries and two related infographics: Struck-bys are a Leading Cause of Injury (English, Spanish) and Best Practices for Safe Crane Lifts (English, Spanish). 

CPWR also launched a Construction Fatality Map Dashboard that provides detailed geographic information and other circumstances for more than 6,000 fatal injuries that have taken place since 2011.

Harwood Grants

The following new materials developed by grantees under OSHA’s Susan Harwood Training Grant Program were posted on the OSHA website from April 1 to June 30, 2021. 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.