What's next for OSHA after the failed vaccine mandate?

In this episode, Sheldon goes over what to expect now after OSHA's failed to get a vaccine mandate passed nationally. OSHA says: COVID-19 In order to determine whether the exposure occurred in the work environment or occurred away from work, the employer must evaluate the employee's work duties and environment. To address this issue the employer must follow the criteria in OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation at 29 CFR 1904.5 for determining work-relatedness. Because an employee can contract COVID-19 from an exposure at work or outside of the workplace, an employer whose employee has been hospitalized or is deceased due to COVID-19 needs to consider the following: • The type, extent, and duration of contact the employee had at the work environment with other people, particularly the general public; • Physical distancing and other controls that impact the likelihood of work-related exposure; • The extent and duration of time spent in a shared indoor space with limited ventilation; and • Whether the employee had work-related contact with anyone who exhibited signs and symptoms of COVID-19. 4 CDC Close Contact Close Contact through proximity and duration of exposure: Someone who was less than 6 feet away from an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes). An infected person can spread SARS-CoV-2 starting 2 days before they have any symptoms (or, for asymptomatic people, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date). The episode will help you coach your clients and workforce as to compliance with the General Duty Clause in the OSH Act 5(a)(1).