The COVID ETS is not like 1910.1030!

It seems there is a faction of safety professionals who want to claim that if OSHA’s blood-borne pathogens standard is “legal”, then so would the COVID ETS.  But these two standards are nothing alike.  For example, OSHA defined “occupational exposure” in 1910.1030 as:

Occupational Exposure means reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties.

Secondly, 1910.1030 requires that “Each employer who has an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall prepare an exposure determination.

Thirdly, in regards to vaccinations…

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