OSHA Inspection: HUDSON DPW

Issued

2001-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-05-22 00:00:00

General-duty citation text

Article 2, Section 27a(3a)(1): The employer did not furnish to each of its
employees,
employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized
hazards that are
causing or were 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.  In applying this paragraph, fundamental distinctions between
private and public
sector employment has been recognized.
(a) At the City of Hudson DPW, employees, during the performance of their
assigned duties,
are exposed to the hazard of contracting Lyme Disease while working in
tick habitat areas
identified as having a high or moderate risk of harboring the tick vector
of Lyme Disease.
The hazard is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control in their June
4, 1999
publication;
"Recommendations for the use of Lyme Disease Vaccine, Recommendations of
the advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices." This hazard is not likely to cause
death
but it is
likely to cause substantial illness and impairment if not identified and
treated properly.
Reasonable and adequate methods to abate this hazard include but are not
limited to:
Implement an educational program for employees with exposure which
includes description
of signs and symptoms of Lyme Disease infection, the importance of prompt
medical
attention, daily self-inspection techniques for locating ticks on an
employee's skin, methods
for tick removal, protective clothing, and delineation of tick habitats.
Moreover, the
program shall include a description of proper tick repellants and their
toxicity.  A discussion
of the advantages and disadvantages of Lyme Disease vaccination shall be
performed.
The employer shall make available Lyme Disease vaccination to employees
whose assigned
work duties expose them to tick habitats in accordance with current
Centers
for Disease
Control guidelines.  Employees of the City of Hudson may be exposed to
tick habitats while
performing waterworks maintenance activities, cemetery work and other
outside duties.

Issued

2001-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-04-10 00:00:00