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OSHA Issues First COVID-19 Citation Invoking General Duty Clause


September 11, 2020 at 01:51 PM
OSHA has issued what appears to be its first citation to an employer for failing to protect workers from COVID-19 infections under the OSH Act’s general duty clause, a provision that attorneys have predicted will be the agency’s main authority for enforcing its array of sector-specific virus guidances during the pandemic.

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