OSHA Inspection: LITTLE FALLS CITY DPW

Issued

Jul 9, 2004

Abate by

Oct 7, 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 was free from recognized
hazards that were
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 have been recognized:
a) Employees of the City Little Falls 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, 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.

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Jul 9, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Oct 7, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Oct 7, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Aug 4, 2004

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Aug 4, 2004

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Oct 7, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Jul 9, 2004

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Aug 25, 2004

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Jul 9, 2004

Abate by

Oct 7, 2004