On April 22, ABC, as a steering committee member of the , submitted in response to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 request for additional comment on its 鈥減otential provisions or approaches鈥� to a . CISC opposes OSHA鈥檚 proposal to expand coverage under any promulgated final rule and include certain construction work in health care settings.

CISC wrote, 鈥淭hese comments support the agency鈥檚 original determination not to include the construction industry within the scope of this rule. An expansion of the Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings rule is inappropriate and expanding the rule to cover employers in low-risk industries, like construction, only months after the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling that OSHA鈥檚 COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard was not authorized by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, is bewildering.鈥�

The comments further addressed:

• Deficiencies in the process taken by OSHA in promulgating this rule;
• The low risk posed by COVID-19 in the construction industry;
• Difficulties in applying the health care emergency temporary standard to construction; and
• Recommendations, based on industry experience, on how to best mitigate the risk of occupational exposure to COVID-19 in construction.

In addition to the comments, CISC will be at the agency鈥檚 informal public hearing on the rule on Friday, April 29. More information about the hearing is available on the .

老牛影视also submitted on April 22 as a steering committee member of the . The CWS believes unequivocally that OSHA is not permitted to, and must not, issue a permanent standard after having .

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