OSHA Inspection: STEHLIN, DE IPOLYI & GREEF, ONCOLOGY CLINIC

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 18, 1991

Penalty

Initial $250 · Current $250

General-duty citation text

THE EMPLOYER IS NOT LIMITED TO ABATEMENT METHODS SUGGESTED BY OSHA, IE.,
METHODS EXPLAINED ARE GENERAL AND MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN ALL CASES.
OTHER METHODS OF ABATEMENT MAY BE EQUALLY OR MORE APPROPRIATE. ULTIMATE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETERMINING THE MOST APPROPRIATE ABATEMENT METHOD
RESTS WITH THE EMPLOYER, GIVEN ITS SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS ON ITS WORKSITE.
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:
A) AT STEHLIN, DELPOLYI, AND GREEF ONCOLOGY CLINIC, 1315 CALHOUN ST.,
SUITE 1800, HOUSTON, TEXAS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS SUCH AS THE NURSES
WERE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARDS OF BEING INFECTED BY HBV AND/OR HIV
THROUGH POSSIBLE DIRECT CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR OTHER BODY FLUIDS.
FEASIBLE AND USEFUL ABATEMENT METHODS FOR REDUCING THIS HAZARD, AMONG
OTHERS, ARE:
1) OFFER HBV VACCINATION TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
2) ESTABLISH FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES AFTER POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO HIV AND/OR
HBV.
3) OFFER TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS, INCLUDING
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, MODES OF TRANSMISSION AND
PREVENTION OF HIV/HBV, POSSIBLE RISKS TO THE FETUS FROM HIV/HBV,
PROPER WORK PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW IF THEY ARE EXPOSED
TO NEEDLESTICK OR OTHER BODY FLUIDS.

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 11, 1991

Penalty

Initial $250 · Current $250

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 25, 1991

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 25, 1991

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 25, 1991

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 25, 1991

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

Issued

Mar 6, 1991

Abate by

Mar 25, 1991

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300