OSHA Inspection: SYLVAN BEACH VILL DPW

Issued

Oct 18, 2004

Abate by

Dec 6, 2004

Issued

Oct 18, 2004

Abate by

Dec 6, 2004

Issued

Oct 18, 2004

Abate by

Dec 6, 2004

Issued

Oct 12, 2004

Abate by

Jan 13, 2005

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
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 Sylvan Beach Vill. DPW were exposed to the hazard of
being infected
with the rabies virus throught possible direct contact with saliva of
rabid animals (eg,
raccoons, fox, opposum, 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. Reasonoable 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
8~exposure incident.