OSHA Inspection: VALLEY EAR NOSE & THROAT GROUP

Issued

Nov 15, 1990

Abate by

Dec 18, 1990

Penalty

Initial $180 · Current $180

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 IN THAT EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO
BLOODBORNE DISEASES:
A) EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD OF BEING INFECTED
BY HEPATITIS B VIRUS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV),
AND FOR OTHER BLOODBORNE DISEASES THROUGH POSSIBLE DIRECT
CONTACT AND/OR NEEDLE STICKS WITH BLOOD OR OTHER BODY FLUIDS
THROUGH IMPROPER WORK PRACTICES.
FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHODS TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD, AMONG
OTHERS ARE:
1) THE USE OF MECHANICAL RECAPPING DEVICES TO ELIMINATE EMPLOYEE
EXPOSURES TO ACCIDENTAL NEEDLE STICKS AND EXPOSURE TO BLOODBORNE
DISEASES.
2) THE USE OF DISPOSABLE TUBEX AND HOLDER FOR DRUGS GIVEN BY INJECTION
TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECAPPING AND
MANIPULATION OF THE TRADITIONAL TUBEX USED WITH TEH REUSABLE
STAINLESS STEEL HOLDER.

Issued

Nov 15, 1990

Abate by

Nov 26, 1990

Penalty

Initial $150 · Current $150

Issued

Nov 15, 1990

Abate by

Dec 18, 1990

Penalty

Initial $90 · Current $90

Issued

Nov 15, 1990

Abate by

Dec 18, 1990

Penalty

Initial $90 · Current $90

Issued

Nov 15, 1990

Abate by

Dec 18, 1990

Penalty

Initial $90 · Current $90