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OSHA Inspection: SAUGERTIES TN HWY DEPT

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of SAUGERTIES TN HWY DEPT in 25 CHURCHLAND RD, SAUGERTIES, NY 12477 (NAICS 237310). OSHA activity number 317042547.

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Site address
25 CHURCHLAND RD
City
SAUGERTIES
State
NY
ZIP
12477
Mailing
TOWN HALL 4 HIGH ST., SAUGERTIES, NY 12477
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Union (Y)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237310
SIC code (legacy)
1611
Employees
25
Ownership type
Local government (B)

17 citations on file for this inspection.

8000006 E01 I

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 22, 2014

3A0001

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014
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. In applying this paragraph, fundamental distinctions
between private and public employment have been recognized.
a) Saugerties Town Highway Department - Employees assigned to pick
up road killed animals were exposed to the hazard of being infected
with rabies virus through direct contact with saliva of potentially
rabid animals (such as raccoon or skunk) being introduced into open
cuts or wounds in the skin via mucous membranes. Reasonable and
adequate abatement methods for reducing this hazard, among others,
are: (1) Training. A comprehensive training program including
proper handling practices, personal protective equipment, the
etiology and modes of transmission of the disease, decontamination
and avoidance of animal/ saliva contact shall be implemented.
NOTE : Training shall be provided to all workers who are assigned
tasks where there is occupational exposure to rabies.
1. Highway Department employees were potentially exposed to
rabies while picking up road killed animals. Employees could
contract rabies if saliva from an infected animal enters a cut in
the skin.
2. Rabies exposure is a recognized hazard, as evidenced by NYSDOH
research and prevention programs, industry recognition, and common
sense recognition.
3. Rabies could cause serious physical harm or death.
4.  Feasible and useful abatement method is to provide training to
the employees assigned to pick up road kill.

1910.22 D01

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.37 B05

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014

1910.106 G03 III

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014

1910.147 C04 II

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.244 A01 II

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014

1910.304 B03 I

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014

1910.305 B02 I

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 16, 2014

1910.305 G01 IVA

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 22, 2014

1910.305 G02 III

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014

1926.200 G01

Serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 22, 2014

8010030 A

Other-than-serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.37 B02

Other-than-serious 2 instances 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 29, 2014

1910.132 D02

Other-than-serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Sep 15, 2014

1910.1200 E01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.1200 F06

Other-than-serious 2 instances 25 exposed
Issued
Sep 10, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

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