Tuesday, March 16, 2021 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) focusing on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The NEP is effective immediately and will remain in effect until March 12, 2022, 12 months from its issuance date. NEPs are a way for OSHA to focus agency resources and target specific high hazard industries or specific hazards common in certain workplaces, and they are considered to be a neutral administrative program that allows OSHA to carry out its mission. For example, in the last few months, OSHA published a new Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Directive aimed at targeting general industry, non-construction, workplaces with at least 20 employees that have high rates of injuries and illnesses.