OSHA Inspection: DR. GERALD L. FOLLEY, DDS

Issued

Jan 6, 1992

Abate by

Feb 21, 1992

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which
were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm toemployees in that employees were
exposed to the hazard of being infected by HBV/HIV through possible
direct contact with blood and/or other body fluids containing blood due
to a lack of an effective infection control program:
(a)  For employees such as but not limited to nurses who carried
infectious waste from the oeprating rooms where the waste was creted
through patient care, to areas where there were biohazardous waste
containers, without bagging the infectious waste prior to transport.
While ultimate responsibility for correcting the hazard rests with
the employer, given his/her superior knowledge of the workplace,
feasible and acceptable methods to correct the hazard identified in
instance (a) among others are:
(1)  Objects that are contaminated with potentially infectious
materials shall be placed in an impervious bag at the location where
they were used.  If outside contamination of the bag is likely, a
second bag shall be added.  The bags must be tagged or otherwise
identified as containing articles contaminated with potentially
infectious material.

Issued

Jan 6, 1992

Abate by

Jan 9, 1992

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Jan 6, 1992

Abate by

Jan 30, 1992

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Jan 6, 1992

Abate by

Jan 30, 1992

Issued

Jan 6, 1992

Abate by

Jan 30, 1992