Attorneys Eye ‘Gravely Concerning’ OSHA COVID-19 Enforcement Push

Employers’ attorneys say OSHA’s recent COVID-19 enforcement action against an Ohio auto parts supplier includes several suggested mitigation steps that “should be gravely concerning to employers,” arguing that many safeguards the agency is saying are necessary to avoid citations are either impractical or outside its OSH Act authority to require. During a Feb. 16 webinar hosted by the law firm Keller and Heckman, partner Manesh Rath suggested that several of the methods of abatement for COVID-19 hazards OSHA outlined in...