Workplace Safety Resources

State of Nevada COVID-19 Website

OSHA 3990-03 2020 — Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

CDC Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• OSHA’s Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910
• CDC/ NIOSH guidance for optimizing respirator supplies
• OSHA’s Respiratory Protection eTool
• NIOSH respirator guidance
• OSHA Respirator Protection equipment
• NIOSH “Respirator Selection Logic”
• COVID-19 Fit-Testing Guidance

• OSHA regulations
• The General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970, 29 USC 654(a)(1), which requires employers to furnish to each worker “employment and a place of employment, which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.” See: www.osha.gov/laws-regs/oshact/completeoshact
• OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) applies to occupational exposure to human blood and other potentially infectious materials that typically do not include respiratory secretions that may transmit COVID-19. However, the provisions of the standard offer a framework that may help control some sources of the virus, including exposures to body fluids such as, respiratory secretions not covered by the standard. See:https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1030
• The OSHA COVID-19 webpage provides additional information about OSHA standards and requirements, including requirements in states that operate their own OSHA-approved State Plans, recordkeeping requirements and injury/illness recording criteria, and applications of standards related to sanitation and communication of risks related to hazardous chemicals that may be in common sanitizers and sterilizers. See the OSHA standards on our resources page. See: www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/standards.html