OSHA Inspection: LINDENHURST VILL DPW

Issued

Oct 23, 2007

Abate by

Jan 25, 2008

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 Village of Lindenhurst DPW were exposed to the hazard
of being infected
with the rabies virus through possible direct contact with saliva or
potentially 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. Reasonable and adequate abatement methods for
reducing this hazard,
among others, are: 1. TrainingThe employer had not developed and
implemented an effective
comprehensive rabies control training program including 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 (eg, 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

Oct 23, 2007

Abate by

Jan 25, 2008

Issued

Oct 23, 2007

Abate by

Dec 11, 2007

Issued

Oct 23, 2007

Abate by

Jan 25, 2008

Issued

Oct 23, 2007

Abate by

Jan 25, 2008

Issued

Oct 23, 2007

Abate by

Jan 25, 2008