OSHA Inspection: PORT JEFFERSON VILL DPW

Issued

Aug 31, 2009

Abate by

Dec 2, 2009

General-duty citation text

NYSLL Article 2, Section 27-a.3.a(1):  The employer did not furnish
employees 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 and which will provide
reasonable and adequate
protection to the lives, safety or health of its employees.
a) Employees of the Village of Port Jefferson Dept of Public Works were
exposed to the hazard
of being infected with the rabies virus through possible direct contact
with saliva or fluids from
potentially rabid animals (eg, raccoons, fox, opposum, 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 is the
development and
implementation of 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 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

Aug 31, 2009

Abate by

Dec 2, 2009

Issued

Aug 31, 2009

Abate by

Dec 2, 2009

Issued

Aug 31, 2009

Abate by

Dec 2, 2009

Issued

Aug 31, 2009

Abate by

Dec 2, 2009

Issued

Aug 31, 2009

Abate by

Dec 2, 2009