OSHA Prioritizes COVID-19 Inspections

Posted on by Robert G. Chadwick, Jr.

By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr., Managing Member, Seltzer, Chadwick, Soefje & Ladik, PLLC.

On March 12, 2021, OSHA launched a National Emphasis Program for the inspections of companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of contracting COVID-19. Amongst the employers targeted by the National Emphasis Program are the following:

  • Hospitals
  • Health care providers
  • Nursing homes and assisted living facilities
  • Emergency responders
  • Correctional facilities
  • Meatpacking plants and poultry processing facilities
  • Grocery stores
  • Discount department stores
  • General warehousing & storage
  • Temporary help services
  • Restaurants
  • Workplaces with high numbers of COVID-19-related complaints or known COVID-19 cases
  • Workplaces in communities with increasing rates of COVID-19 transmission

Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. frequently speaks to non-profit organizations regarding occupational safety and health issues. To contact him for a speaking engagement, please e-mail him at rchadwick@realclearcounsel.com.

Published by Robert G. Chadwick, Jr.

Robert Chadwick has 36 years of experience in the areas of labor and employment law, OSHA/occupational safety and health law, and ERISA/employee benefits and executive compensation. His skill set includes counseling, risk management, regulatory compliance, drafting policies and agreements, claim resolution, government audits and investigations, arbitrations, and administrative, federal and state court litigation and appeals. He has been recognized as a Texas "Super Lawyer" by Thompson Reuters, a distinction reserved for the top 5% of lawyers in the State. He has also been listed as one of "Texas' Top Rated Lawyers®" and a "Top Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law®", based upon a rating of 5.0 out of 5 (AV® Preeminent™), by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™. Mr. Chadwick's writings, quotations and accomplishments have been featured on television and in the Wall Street Journal, the National Law Journal, the Insurance Journal, National Underwriter Magazine and the World Intellectual Property Organization's SME Newsletter.

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