Workplace conditions at the Iowa Capitol may expose workers to COVID-19 hazards, according to a letter the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent to legislative leaders last week.
While Iowa OSHA found those COVID-19 concerns do not constitute a violation of Iowa code, OSHA administrator Russell Perry urged legislative leaders in the letter to please facilitate immediate corrective actions where needed.
The agency also issued citations for one serious violation and four other-than-serious violations related to other hazards at the building. Those violations carry more than $10,000 in fines.
Labor leaders, who had filed the initial complaint with OSHA in January, pointed to the letter on Monday as evidence that the conditions at the Capitol are not safe.
Iowa Capitol conditions may expose workers to COVID-19 hazards, OSHA says Ian Richardson and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
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Workplace conditions at the Iowa Capitol may expose workers to COVID-19 hazards, according to a letter the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent to legislative leaders last week.
While Iowa OSHA found those COVID-19 concerns do not constitute a violation of Iowa code, OSHA administrator Russell Perry urged legislative leaders in the letter to please facilitate immediate corrective actions where needed.
The agency also issued citations for one serious violation and four other-than-serious violations related to other hazards at the building. Those violations carry more than $10,000 in fines.
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DES MOINES â The leader of the stateâs Occupational Safety and Health Administration has advised top legislative leaders to take better measures to protect employees who work at the Iowa Capitol from being exposed to COVID-19.
In a hazard alert letter to Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, and other top legislative officials, Iowa OSHA administrator Russell Perry said a Jan. 26 inspection at the Capitol did not turn up a COVID-19 violation but did raise concerns âof the potential for employee illnesses related to exposure to the coronavirus.â
Nonetheless, the inspection did turn up a âseriousâ electrical safety violation, in addition to lesser infractions, and legislative leaders have agreed to pay a $5,219.50 fine.
Iowa OSHA says Capitol conditions may expose workers to COVID-19 hazards, finds other violations Ian Richardson and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
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Multiple workplace conditions at the Iowa Capitol may expose workers to COVID-19 hazards, according to a letter the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent to legislative leaders last week.
While Iowa OSHA found those COVID-19 concerns do not constitute a violation of Iowa code, OSHA administrator Russell Perry urged legislative leaders in the letter to please facilitate immediate corrective actions where needed.