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OSHA Inspection: WAPPINGERS FALLS VILLAGE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of WAPPINGERS FALLS VILLAGE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT in 105 MARKET STREET, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 (NAICS 237310). OSHA activity number 317042729.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
105 MARKET STREET
City
WAPPINGERS FALLS
State
NY
ZIP
12590
Mailing
2582 SOUTH AVENUE, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
Yes
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237310
SIC code (legacy)
1611
Employees
6
Ownership type
B

13 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.1200 E01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Nov 24, 2014
Abate by
Dec 31, 2014

3A0001

Serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 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) Wappingers Falls Village 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 & 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 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Nov 10, 2014

1910.37 B02

Serious 5 instances 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 6, 2014

1910.132 A

Serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.147 C01

Serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Nov 10, 2014

1910.215 A04

Serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 6, 2014

1910.244 A01 II

Serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 20, 2014

8010030 A

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.132 D02

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 13, 2014

1910.212 B

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.1200 E01 I

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

1910.1200 H03 IV

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Sep 24, 2014
Abate by
Oct 27, 2014

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