A descriptive analysis of 2020 California Occupational Safety and Health Administration COVID-19-related complaints.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 mortality disproportionately affected specific occupations and industries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protects the health and safety of workers by setting and enforcing standards for working conditions. Workers may file OSHA complaints about unsafe conditions. Complaints may indicate poor workplace safety during the pandemic. We evaluated COVID-19-related complaints filed with California (Cal)/OSHA between January 1, 2020 and December 14, 2020 across seven industries. To assess whether workers in occupations with high COVID-19-related mortality were also most likely to file Cal/OSHA complaints, we compared industry-specific per-capita COVID-19 confirmed deaths from the California Department of Public Health with COVID-19-related complaints. Although 7

SUBMITTER: Thomas MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8669847 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature