OSHA Inspection: TOWN OF BABYLON PARKS AND REC

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Oct 24, 2007

General-duty citation text

NYSLL Article 2 Section 27-a(3)(a)(1): The 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
employment were
recognized.
a) Town of Babylon, Department of Parks and Recreation - During the
performance of their
assigned daily work activities, sanitation crew employees are exposed to
the known safety hazard
of falling or being ejected from the cargo bed of a moving vehicle (as
recognized by SAE
document #960440, NIOSH F.A.C.E. document 200317, and multiple Federal
OSHA citations)
while transporting refuse from the beaches to dumpsters in the parking
lots, and while driving
from beach to beach on puplic roads.
Reasonable and adequate methods to abate this hazard may include, but are
not limited to:
Engineering controls such as rear seats with lap belts or guard rails, or
the use of larger
vehicles/crew cabs which would easily accomodate three (3) passengers in
the cab.
Administrative controls such as work rules prohibiting employees from
riding in the cargo beds
of work trucks, and a progressive discipline program for non-compliance.

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Dec 7, 2007

General-duty citation text

NYSLL Article 2 Section 27-a(3)(a)(1): The 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
employment were
recognized.
a) Town of Babylon, Department of Parks and Recreation - During the
performance of their
assigned duties, employees are exposed to the hazard of contracting Lyme
Disease
while
working in tick habitat areas identified as having a high or moderate risk
of harboring the tick
vector of Lyme Disease.  This hazard is recognized by the Centers for
Disease Control in their
June 4, 1999 publication," Recommendations for the Use of Lyme Disease
Vaccine,
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices". This
hazard is not
likely to cause death but is likely to cause substantial illness and
impairment if not  identified
and treated promptly.
Reasonable and adequate methods to abate this hazard include, but are not
limited
to:
1) Implement an education program for employees with exposure which
includes the signs and
symptoms of Lyme Disease infection, the importance of seeking immediate
medical attention,
self inspection for attached ticks at the conclusion of each work day when
exposure to tick
habitat occurred, the proper method of removal of attached ticks, proper
clothing for work in
tick habitat, and proper use of repellants and insecticides.
2) Provide employees with repellants and or vaccinations (if commercially
viable).

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Dec 7, 2007

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Dec 7, 2007

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Jan 23, 2008

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Dec 7, 2007

Issued

Oct 19, 2007

Abate by

Jan 23, 2008

Issued

Oct 9, 2007

Abate by

Nov 27, 2007