OSHA Inspection: ATTICA TN HIGHWAY DEPT

Issued

Mar 4, 1998

Abate by

Apr 20, 1998

General-duty citation text

NYSLL Article 2, Section 27-a.3.a(1):  The employer did not furnish
employment and a place
of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or
likely to cause
death or serious harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:
Workers (Highway Department employees) were exposed to the hazard of being
infected with
the rabies virus through possible direct contact with saliva, blood, or
other body fluids of
potentially rabid animals (such as skunks, raccoons, deer, and foxes)
being introduced into open
cuts or wounds in the skin or via mucous membranes while removing the
carcasses of road-killed
animals from Town roads. Feasible and useful abatement methods for
reducing this hazard,
among others, are:
1.Training to include proper handling procedures, personal protective
equipment, the
etiology and modes of transmission of the disease, decontamination and
avoidance of
animal/saliva contact.
2.Follow-up procedures to be implemented after an exposure incident.
Workers who have
occupational exposure and who have experienced an exposure incident shall
be offered
post-exposure vaccination and other treatment in accordance with the
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The follow-up shall take place as soon as possible
and at no cost
to the employee.
3.Hand-washing. After removing gloves, hands or other skin surfaces shall
be washed
thoroughly and immediately after contact with body fluids.
4.Decontamination. Tools and other surfaces potentially contaminated with
infectious saliva
or body fluids must be disinfected with a 10 solution of sodium
hypochlorite
(household bleach) in water.

Issued

Mar 4, 1998

Abate by

May 4, 1998

Issued

Mar 4, 1998

Abate by

Mar 30, 1998