OSHA Virus Rules for Employers Are About More Than Just Masks

The federal agency that polices workplace safety has stopped short of enacting an emergency rule to guard against on-the-job transmission of the novel coronavirus, but employers still must adhere to numerous existing regulations as they try to manage the risk and uncertainty created by the global pandemic.

Take, for example, illness and injury reporting requirements. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires hundreds of thousands of employers with 10 or more workers to maintain a log of every workplace injury or illness that requires medical treatment beyond first aid or that keeps a worker away from work for at least ...