As part of the citywide response to the Coronavirus, the Department is instituting temporary rules to drastically reduce walk-in traffic to DOB offices. Effective immediately, the following mandatory operational changes have been implemented:

• COVID-19 Response: Administrative Enforcement (AEU) and Licensing Units Updates
• COVID-19 Response – Application Processing
• DOB’s weekly Customer Service Night is cancelled until further notice.

Buildings News: COVID-19 Special Editions

• COVID-19 Response: Administrative Enforcement and Licensing Units
• COVID-19 Response: Application Processing

Recording workplace exposures to COVID-19

OSHA recordkeeping requirements at 29 CFR Part 1904 mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log.

COVID-19 can be a recordable illness if a worker is infected as a result of performing their work-related duties. However, employers are only responsible for recording cases of COVID-19 if all of the following are met:

1. The case is a confirmed case of COVID-19 (see CDC information on persons under investigation and presumptive positive and laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19);
2. The case is work-related, as defined by 29 CFR 1904.5; and
3. The case involves one or more of the general recording criteria set forth in 29 CFR 1904.7 (e.g. medical treatment beyond first-aid, days away from work).

Visit OSHA’s Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements page for more information.

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