OSHA Inspection: DIANA TN HWY DEPT

Issued

Jun 1, 2004

Abate by

Jul 19, 2004

General-duty citation text

NYSLL Article 2, Section 27(a)(3a)(1): 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. In
applying this paragraph, fundamental distinctions between private and
public sector
employment have been recognized:
a) Employees of the Town of Diana Hwy Dept were exposed to the hazard of
being infected
with the rabies virus through possible direct contact with saliva of rabid
animals (e.g.,
raccoons, fox, opossum, cats, dogs, deer or others) being introduced into
open cuts or
wounds in the skin or via mucous membranes which can occur when workers
pick up and
remove road kill or other dead animals. Reasonable and adequate abatement
methods for
reducing this hazard, among others, are:
1) Training - The employer had not developed and implemented an 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.
NOTE: Training shall be provided to all workers who are assigned tasks
where there is
occupational exposure to rabies.

Issued

Jun 1, 2004

Abate by

Aug 30, 2004

Issued

Jun 1, 2004

Abate by

Jul 19, 2004

Issued

Jun 1, 2004

Abate by

Jul 19, 2004

Issued

Jun 1, 2004

Abate by

Jul 19, 2004