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Can you actually be forced to wear a mask in the building indefinitely?
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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4665890" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/covid-19-faq.html#cloth-face-coverings[/URL]</p><p></p><p>"Cloth face coverings are not considered personal protective equipment (PPE) and are not intended to be used when workers need PPE for protection against exposure to occupational hazards. <strong>As such, OSHA's PPE standards do not require employers to provide them.</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, requires each employer to furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm. Control measures may include a combination of engineering and administrative controls, safe work practices like social distancing, and PPE.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">However, employers may choose to ensure that cloth face coverings are worn as a feasible means of abatement in a control plan designed to address hazards from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Employers may choose to use cloth face coverings as a means of source control, such as because of transmission risk that cannot be controlled through engineering or administrative controls, including social distancing."</li> </ul><p></p><p>Whoever levied the fines for not enforcing the mask mandate probably doesn't care about proper mask protocol either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4665890, member: 63706"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/covid-19-faq.html#cloth-face-coverings[/URL] "Cloth face coverings are not considered personal protective equipment (PPE) and are not intended to be used when workers need PPE for protection against exposure to occupational hazards. [B]As such, OSHA's PPE standards do not require employers to provide them.[/B] [LIST] [*]The General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, requires each employer to furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm. Control measures may include a combination of engineering and administrative controls, safe work practices like social distancing, and PPE. [*]However, employers may choose to ensure that cloth face coverings are worn as a feasible means of abatement in a control plan designed to address hazards from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Employers may choose to use cloth face coverings as a means of source control, such as because of transmission risk that cannot be controlled through engineering or administrative controls, including social distancing." [/LIST] Whoever levied the fines for not enforcing the mask mandate probably doesn't care about proper mask protocol either. [/QUOTE]
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