# COVID-19: OSHA's Enforcement Activities Did Not Sufficiently Protect Workers From Pandemic Health Hazards
> **Audit** by Department of Labor OIG · 2022-10-31
> *About: Department of Labor*
## Report
- **Title:** COVID-19: OSHA's Enforcement Activities Did Not Sufficiently Protect Workers From Pandemic Health Hazards
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Labor OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Labor
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2022-10-31

## Summary

https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/reports/oa/2023/19-23-001-10-105.pdf


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Closed): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health: provide additional training to CSHOs to enforce the recording and reporting standard for fatalities.
- **Rec 2** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health: update guidance or policy to include supervisory review of inspection files to ensure they contain adequate support for the reasons regarding citation issuance decisions before…
- **Rec 3** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health: develop a plan for a future pandemic or epidemic to collaborate with external agencies on worksite case data and to use this data to maximize rapid response and enforcement…
- **Rec 4** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health: as part of OSHA's rulemaking on infectious diseases, require employers to notify all employees of all known positive cases at the worksite.
- **Rec 5** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health: develop and implement a tracking tool to ensure OSHA receives and reviews all items CSHOs request during inspections to ensure alleged hazards have been mitigated.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/covid-19-oshas-enforcement-activities-did-not-sufficiently-protect-workers-pandemic)
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