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A Los Angeles Apparel employee adds plexiglass to sewing stations at the Los Angeles factory on Monday, July 13, 2020 so sewing stations can safely move fabric between sewers. The company was closed by the county after 4 workers died and more than 300 were confirmed to have had coronavirus.
The county has said the factory can reopen pending training of its employees. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Cal/OSHA approved temporary new standards Thursday, Nov. 19, that will require employers to establish stronger workplace protections against COVID-19 and make it easier for the state to pursue those who do not comply.
Though several guidelines have been released in the past, including from Cal/OSHA, the new standards streamline and strengthen the agency’s enforcement efforts by establishing more specific mandates, according to an analysis by Cal/OSHA. Many of the existing regulations for protecting workers from infectious disease did not cover certain industries affected by major outbreaks, officials said.
“COVID-19 is an occupational health emergency causing more deaths in less time than any other workplace crisis in the nearly fifty-year existence of Cal/OSHA,” wrote Douglas L. Parker, chief of the division of Occupational Safety and Health, in the analysis […]
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