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OSHA Inspection: HARVARD UNIVERSITY COUNTWAY LIBRARY

Complaint inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of HARVARD UNIVERSITY COUNTWAY LIBRARY in 10 SHATTUCK STREET, BOSTON, MA 02115 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 116303256.

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Site address
10 SHATTUCK STREET
City
BOSTON
State
MA
ZIP
02115
Mailing
46 OXFORD STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
Union (Y)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
8221
Employees
700
Ownership type
Private (A)

7 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Deleted Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Dec 20, 1996
Penalty
Initial $829 · Current $829
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 puncture wounds or other similar injuries:
Albert Building, Room 120 and Tissue Culture Room.
On or about 12-6-96, sharp containers were over filled with protruding
pasteur pipettes
and other sharps. Inappropriate sized containers and over filled
containers created the
hazard of puncture wounds or other similar injuries.
Feasible abatement methods to correct the hazard include but are not
limited to using
appropriate sized sharp containers and changing containers more
frequently.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $829.00
  • · Z (S) $829.00

1910.1030 D04 IIIA2

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Dec 20, 1996
Penalty
Current $415
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $415.00
  • · Z (S)

1910.132 A

Serious Gravity 01 2 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Dec 20, 1996
Penalty
Initial $829 · Current $414 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $414.00
  • · Z (S) $829.00

1910.133 A01

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Dec 20, 1996
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S)
  • · Z (S)

1910.1200 F05 I

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 2 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Dec 23, 1996
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.1200 F05 II

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 2 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Dec 23, 1996
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.1200 H01 II

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Dec 18, 1996
Abate by
Feb 5, 1997
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

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