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OSHA Inspection: METRO MAYAGUEZ INC DBA HOSPITAL PEREA

Complaint inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of METRO MAYAGUEZ INC DBA HOSPITAL PEREA in 15 DR BASORA STREET, MAYAGUEZ, PR 00681 (NAICS 622110). OSHA activity number 308165489.

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Site address
15 DR BASORA STREET
City
MAYAGUEZ
State
PR
ZIP
00681
Mailing
PO BOX 170, MAYAGUEZ, PR 00681
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
622110
SIC code (legacy)
8062
Employees
413
Ownership type
A

6 citations on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 9 exposed
Issued
Oct 1, 2007
Abate by
Nov 3, 2007
Penalty
Initial $1,875 · Current $938 Reduced
Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act:  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 physical harm to employees in
that employees were
exposed to:
Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico:
El patrono no
proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten
causando o que
puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados
estaban expuestos
a:
a)Hazardous drugs:  at the establishment, employees from Pharmacy, Medical-
Surgical, and medical care (registered nurses) received, prepared, and
administer
these drugs.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this hazard is: develop an implement a  Hazardous Drug Safety and Health
Plan
according to the OSHA Technical Manual (Controlling Occupational Exposure
to
Hazardous Drugs) and their 116 references documents that consist of the
following sections:  a)  Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the
different
handling procedures of the hazardous drugs (receiving - storage -
preparation-
administration - disposal and the handling between them), b)  the
information
about the engineering controls, personal protective equipment and higiene
practices (examples are:  how the Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) is
operated and
their limitations), c)  ventilation  systems (example:  when drug is
aerolized), d)
procedures for when dealing with investigational drugs, e)  medical exams
(before
exposure and when an emergency occur (as per manufacturer recomendations)),
f)  inform and train the employees and evaluate them, g)  update the
program
with any new information received.
a)Drogas peligrosas:  en el establecimiento, empleados de Farmacia, Medico-
Quirurgico y medicina (enfermeras graduadas) reciben, preparan y
administran
estas drogas.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo razonable y aceptable de corregir este
riesgo es:
desarrollar e implementar un  Plan de Seguridad y Salud para Drogas
Peligrosas
segun el Manual Tecnico de OSHA y sus 116 documentos de referencia que
consista de las siguientes secciones:  a)  Procedimientos de Operacion
Estandar
(SOP por sus siglas en ingles) para los diferentes procedimientos de
manejo de
las drogas peligrosas (recibo - almacenamiento - preparacion -
administracion -
disposicion y el manejo entre estas), b)  la informacion de los controles
de
ingenieria, equipos de proteccion personal y las practicas de higiene
(ejemplos
son:  como el Gabinete de Seguridad Biologico (BSC por sus siglas en
ingles) es
operado y sus limitaciones), c)  sistemas de ventilacion (ejemplo:  cuando
se
aeroliza la droga), d)  procedimientos para cuando se manejan drogas bajo
investigacion, e)  examenes medicos (antes de tener exposicion a las
drogas y
cuando ocurre una emergencia (segun las recomendaciones del
manufacturero)),f)  informar y adiestrar a los empleados y evaluarlos, g)
actualizar el programa
con cualquier informacion nueva recibida."n
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $937.50
  • — Z (S) $1875.00

1910.132 A

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Oct 1, 2007
Abate by
Oct 4, 2007
Penalty
Initial $1,500
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S) $1500.00

1910.132 D01

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Oct 1, 2007
Abate by
Oct 4, 2007
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S)

1910.1200 E01

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 9 exposed
Issued
Oct 1, 2007
Abate by
Oct 19, 2007
Penalty
Initial $1,125 · Current $563 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $562.50
  • — Z (S) $1125.00

1904.29 B06

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 5 instances 8 exposed
Issued
Oct 1, 2007
Abate by
Oct 9, 2007

1910.1020 D01 II

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 9 exposed
Issued
Oct 1, 2007
Abate by
Oct 9, 2007

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