OSHA Inspection: HUNTER VILL DPW

Issued

Mar 18, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998

General-duty citation text

NYSLL Article 2, Section 27(a)(3a)(1):  The employer did not furnish to
each of its employees
employment and a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards
that are causing
or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to its employees and
which will provide
reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, safety or health of its
employees:
a.)Employees of the Village of Hunter DPW were exposed to the
hazard of being infected with the rabies virus through possible
direct contact with saliva of rabid animals (eg, raccoons, fox,
opossum, cats, dogs or others) being introduced into open cuts or
wounds in skin or via mucous membranes which can occur when
DPW workers pick up and remove road kill or other dead animals.
The employer had not developed and implemented and effective rabies control
training program dealing with, but not necessarily limited to, the proper
handling
practices of removing road kill; the personal protective equipment needed;
the
etiology and modes of transmission of the disease; decontamination of
equipment
and personal hygiene (hand washing); avoidance of animal/saliva contact;
and
follow-up procedures in the event of an exposure incident.

Issued

Mar 18, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998

Issued

Mar 18, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998

Issued

Mar 18, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998

Issued

Mar 18, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998

Issued

Mar 18, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998