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I am a Partner in the Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group. I have extensive experience counseling clients on a wide variety of environmental, health, and safety issues. I frequently represent manufacturers and distributors and I am a contributing author to the firm's Manufacturing Law Blog, focusing on environmental, health, and safety trends that will impact the industry. My full bio can be accessed here.

Since at least March, manufacturers, and the entire U.S. economy, have been experiencing unprecedented conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has not only changed where and how manufacturers operate, but also safety protocols across the board.

It will likely come as no surprise to any manufacturer, that since February there has been

While Federal OSHA has issued numerous COVID-related guidance documents, it has declined to issue an enforceable COVID standard. Instead, OSHA continues to reference numerous other statutory and regulatory standards that potentially apply to what OSHA may determine are COVID-related deficiencies in the workplace.

Recently, the Commonwealth of Virginia took matters into its own hands and

Yesterday, OSHA issued guidance aimed at educating workers and employers on how to properly use face coverings at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Structured as a series of frequently asked questions with answers, the guidance is the latest word from OSHA on measures workplaces can and should take to protect against the spread of COVID-19.