OSHA Inspection: WESTHAMPTON BEACH VILL DPW

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Mar 27, 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 Westhampton Beach DPW were exposed to the
hazard
of being infected with the rabies virus through possible direct contact
with saliva or other bodily
fluids from potentially 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 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

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Mar 27, 2008

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Feb 13, 2008

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Feb 13, 2008

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Feb 13, 2008

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Mar 27, 2008

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Feb 13, 2008

Issued

Dec 26, 2007

Abate by

Mar 27, 2008