CSDA Members,
Today, President Biden issued a new Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety from COVID-19, which can be found here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/21/executive-order-protecting-worker-health-and-safety/.
Essentially, this Executive Order requires OSHA to:
- Issue revised guidance to employers on workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic within the next two weeks.
- Consider whether any emergency temporary standards on COVID-19 are needed and issue by March 15, 2021, if necessary.
- Review enforcement efforts and those that put a large number of workers at serious risk.
- Ensure workers in OSHA state-plan states are protected from COVID-19, consistent with new guidance or standard issued by OSHA.
We are currently in the process of working with the CISC to draft a letter to OSHA that will touch on efforts the construction industry has taken since the beginning of the pandemic to keep workers safe and requesting a stakeholder meeting with the appropriate OSHA staff to open up a dialogue on this issue.
CSDA continues to work to protect the workers and businesses in the concrete renovation industry and we will keep you updated on our efforts.
Thank you,
Erin O’Brien
Executive Director