Bottom line is: Does OSHA enforce any rules on any other communicable diseases?

rabies? malaria? animals? i don't know.

Is there any OSHA rule in existence that anyone knows of that is uniformly enforced in almost every sector and is meant to stop a communicable disease?

I'm not talking about hand-washing in professional kitchens to stop generalized possible contamination of food.

I'm talking a specific disease. I'm talking full-spectrum across-the-nation across-the-sectors enforcement.

No?

i think it's a yes

[link to www.osha.gov (secure)]

Several OSHA standards and directives are directly applicable to protecting workers against transmission of infectious agents. These include OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) which provides protection of workers from exposures to blood and body fluids that may contain bloodborne infectious agents; OSHA's Personal Protective Equipment standard (29 CFR 1910.132) and Respiratory Protection standard (29 CFR 1910.134) which provide protection for workers when exposed to contact, droplet and airborne transmissible infectious agents; and OSHA's TB compliance directive which protects workers against exposure to TB through enforcement of existing applicable OSHA standards and the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act.

Last Edited by notsofastmr on 01/07/2022 02:52 PM

no they don't..

i never had to show a herpes vaccination card to get a job before. ( i don't have herpes, but the principle is the same)

plus remember it is illegal to discriminate against employees who have HIV..

but covid is different somehow?

exposure to TB


that's akin to saying exposure to a headache.

But that's for a specific industry or line of work. It is not broadly enforced across the country in every sector. In other words, healthcare gets different rules than miners than factory workers than restaurant workers.

Well yeah and previously your medical care history is considered private under HIPPA.

And also those involve PPE, not mandatory medical preventative procedures.

This^^^^^^
Hippa use to be meaningful until drug laws came into effect.

Does OSHA have universal decisions on your health choices when NOT on the job site?

Next comes your diet, your weight, your alcohol consumption, your tobacco use, your driving record and type of vehicle (all electric by mandate of course), etc.

Last Edited by tkwasny on 01/07/2022 03:10 PM

never has in US History