OSHA’s primary resource is the OSHA COVID-19 official web page.
This page is being updated routinely, and we encourage you to review it frequently. Recent guidance released and housed on this page includes:
Industry-Specific Guidance
Interim Customizable Non-Healthcare Workplace Infection Control Assessment and Response (WICAR) tool
Construction
Guidance for Construction Website
Guidance for the Construction Workforce
Guidance for the Construction Workforce- Spanish
Construction Industry Safety Coalition -Template COVID-19 Exposure Prevention, Preparedness,
and Response Plan for Construction
TAUC
COVID-19 Resource Page
CPWR
COVID-19 Resource Page
MassCOSH
Health & Safety while Cleaning & Disinfecting for Coronavirus
NIH
COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
OSHA
-- Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage
Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Journal
Article: Electrostatic precipitation of fine particles with a bipolar
pre-charger
CDC
– How to Protect Yourself & Others
Healthcare
Memorandum- Enforcement
Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Memorandum - Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (March 14, 2020):
Dental Practices
Guidance for Dental Practitioners (English)
Guidance for Dental Practitioners (Spanish)
Meat and Poultry Processing
Interim
Guidance for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers
Package Delivery
COVID-19 Guidance for the Package Delivery Workforce (OSHA publication 3998/3999)
Retail Workers
Guidance for Retail Workers (OSHA publication 3996)
Guidance for Retail Workers (OSHA publication 3997)
Stockroom and Loading Dock Workers
Guidance for Stockroom and Loading Dock Workers (OSHA publication 4029)
Additional OSHA Guidance Documents:
General OSHA guidance on COVID-19
OSHA- One pager- Most Frequently Cite During Coronavirus Related Inspections.
OSHA Common Covid-19 Citations
OSHA Guidance on Ventilation in the Building Workplace (English)
OSHA Guidance on Ventilation in the Building Workplace (Spanish)
Enforcement Memo- Guidance for Tight-fitting PAPRs
OSHA Alliance COVID-19 Resource Listing
COVID-19 Safety and Health Topics page
(NEW) Interim Enforcement Response
Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Preventing Worker
Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19), OSHA publication 3989/3991)
Guidance
on Preparing for COVID-19, (OSHA publication 3990)
Worker Exposure Risk to
COVID-19 (OSHA publication 3993)
Worker Exposure Risk to COVID-19 (OSHA publication 3993- Spanish)
Ten Steps All
Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Coronavirus (Poster) (OSHA
publication 3994/3995)
Memorandum -
Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (April 3, 2020):
Memorandum - Enforcement Guidance for Use of
Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries
or Jurisdictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (April
3, 2020)
OSHA Memorandum -
Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing
for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (April 8, 2020)
OSHA Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR §
1910.134
OSHA Personal Protective Equipment standard, 29 CFR §
1910.132
Additionally, the following resources and guidelines have been published by other governing bodies.
Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/NIOSH:
General COVID-19 information
Strategic National Stockpile
For further questions or information about the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), contact SNS at sns.ops@cdc.gov
CDC Key Strategies to Prevent COVID-19 Infections-Meat and Poultry Facilities
CDC Agricultural Employer Checklist
Strategies for conserving/optimizing supply of respirators:
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators
Release of Stockpiled N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Beyond the Manufacturer- Designated Shelf Life
Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings
Hospital
Preparedness Assessment Tool
Cleaning and Disinfection for Community Facilities
Dental Infection Control Guidance - CDC
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS)
National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health
Training
Food and Drug
Administration (FDA):
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)
EUA Clarification Letter
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA):
Guidance on
disinfectants, water, and wastewater
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology (APIC):
Guidance on infection control information
American Dental
Association:
Elective procedures Guidance
American College
of Surgeons:
Elective surgery
guidance
Other COVID-19 Guidance:
Social Distancing – Please refer to your state guidelines on social distancing.
Quarantine – The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or State and Municipal Health Departments makes quarantine recommendations. This includes the presence of sick people in the work environment or self-quarantine guidelines. The Stay Home Orders -
Please contact your state or municipal authorities, such as the local Public Health Department or Governor’s/Government Officials’ Office.
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