{"id":1794,"date":"2020-05-19T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2020-11-06T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:08:30","slug":"new-osha-policy-on-workplace-covid-19-contractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/new-osha-policy-on-workplace-covid-19-contractions\/","title":{"rendered":"New OSHA Policy on Workplace COVID-19 Contractions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an updated memorandum providing guidance to employers for recording work-related COVID-19 cases. The memo goes into effect on May 26, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine if a COVID-19 illness was contracted at work, Compliance Safety and Health Officers should take into account all reasonably available evidence, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If several cases develop among workers who work closely together and there is no alternative explanation;<\/li><li>If the illness is contracted shortly after lengthy, close exposure to a particular customer or coworker who has a confirmed case of COVID-19 and there is no alternative explanation;<\/li><li>If the worker\u2019s job duties include having frequent, close exposure to the general public in a locality with ongoing community transmission and there is no alternative explanation; or<\/li><li>If the worker, outside the workplace, closely and frequently associates with someone (e.g., a family member, significant other, or close friend) who (1) has COVID-19; (2) is not a coworker, and (3) exposes the employee during the period in which the individual is likely infectious.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The full memo can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200519-New-OSHA-policy-COVID.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200519-New-OSHA-policy-COVID.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an updated memorandum providing guidance to employers for recording work-related COVID-19 cases. 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