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More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, we aren t certain how many Ohio nursing home workers died of COVID-19.
COVID-19 made working in a nursing home one of the deadliest jobs in America, according to an analysis of federal data by Scientific American magazine. Nursing home staffers had a higher death rate in 2020 than logging workers did in 2019, Scientific American found. The only group that had a higher death rate in 2019 were fishers.
“It just leaves me speechless,” said Meghan Finegan, assistant communications director for Service Employees International Union, which represents around two million employees across multiple industries, including nursing homes.
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As we previously reported, OSHA recently launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP), focusing
efforts on workplace COVID-19 concerns. The NEP guidance specifies
that OSHA will be directing heightened enforcement efforts on
companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of
contracting the coronavirus, such as hospitals, assisted living
centers, and other health care and emergency response providers
treating COVID-19 patients. The NEP guidelines also note that
in an anti-retaliation effort, OSHA will be targeting
establishments where employees have complained about unsafe or
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
President Joseph R. Biden on April 12 nominated current Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker to lead federal OSHA. If confirmed, employers should prepare for the potential that California-style enforcement may reach the federal law.
President Biden has pledged to make improved working conditions a central tenet of his administration, including support for changes to federal OSHA and the National Labor Relations Act. Parker’s nomination is consistent with a trend towards increased enforcement of employers by federal regulators.
Cal/OSHA and COVID-19
Parker could make an immediate impact with respect to COVID-19 enforcement efforts by federal OSHA. As of April 5, California issued 203 citations to employers for safety issues related to COVID-19. That compares to only 408 citations across all of federal OSHA as of April 12. California’s per-capita enforcement dwarfs federal efforts.