OSHA Inspection: MEDIC ONE, INC.

Issued

Jun 11, 2003

Abate by

Jul 29, 2003

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,676 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  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 physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to the hazard of being infected with Mycobacterium
tuberculosis through
unprotected contact with patients who were infectious or suspected of
being
infected with M.
tuberculosis:
a)  The employer did not take adequate measures to ensure that employees
had not come into
contact with M. tuberculosis through transporting patients and conducting
medical procedures
that would release the bacteria into the air.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct
these hazards would
include following the Guidelines set forth by the CDC in 1994 for
preventing the transmission
of M. tuberculosis in health-care facilities, which would include:
1.  Develop, establish and implement an exposure control plan designed to
eliminate or minimize
employee exposure to M. tuberculosis and train employees on the plan and;
2.  Provide affected employees with annual PPD skin tests to determine if
employees had been
infected with M. tuberculosis.

Issued

Jun 11, 2003

Abate by

Jul 29, 2003

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,676 Reduced

Issued

Jun 11, 2003

Abate by

Jul 29, 2003

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,676 Reduced

Issued

Jun 11, 2003

Abate by

Jul 8, 2003

Issued

May 30, 2003

Abate by

Jun 25, 2003

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

Issued

May 30, 2003

Abate by

Jul 17, 2003

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,696 Reduced

Issued

May 30, 2003

Abate by

Jun 25, 2003

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,676 Reduced

Issued

May 30, 2003

Abate by

Jun 25, 2003