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OSHA Inspection: BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER in 10 NATHAN PEARLMAN PLACE, NEW YORK, NY 10003 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 107196925.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER
- Site address
- 10 NATHAN PEARLMAN PLACE
- City
- NEW YORK
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10003
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 8062
- Employees
- 6000
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 A02
- Issued
- Feb 17, 1994
- Abate by
- May 18, 1994
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500
Recent events (2)
- — F (S) $4500.00
- — Z (S) $4500.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Feb 17, 1994
- Abate by
- Mar 22, 1994
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $3,150 Reduced
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 to employees such as doctors, nurses, nurse's assistants and other health care workers who were exposed to the hazard of being infected with tuberculosis in that all AFB (acid fast bacilli) isolation rooms were not maintained under negative pressure. a)Workers such as doctors, nurses, nurse's assistants and other health care workers were exposed to the hazard of being infected with tuberculosis through contact with patients who were or may be infected with tuberculosis in that: Isolation rooms 3B02 and 3B03 (which were being used for isolating suspected or active T.B. cases) on the third floor of the Bernstein Building were not maintained under negative pressure. ABATEMENT NOTE: Some feasible and acceptable abatement methods for correcting this hazard, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) area: a)AFB isolation rooms, under negative pressure, exhausted to the outside, shall be provided when patients with, or suspected to have, active tuberculosis are present. b)Provide workers, with frequent exposure to patients with TB or are involved with high hazard procedures, the Mantoux PPD test at least every six months. c)Provide training for employees in the mode of transmission of
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3150.00
- — Z (S) $4500.00
1904.2 A
- Issued
- Feb 17, 1994
- Abate by
- May 18, 1994
- Penalty
- Initial $900 · Current $630 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $630.00
- — Z (O) $900.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 107196925.
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