OSHA Inspection: ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.

Issued

May 10, 2012

Abate by

Jun 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv):     The Exposure Control Plan shall be reviewed and updated at least annually and whenever necessary to reflect new or modified tasks and procedures which affect occupational exposure and to reflect new or revised employee positions with occupational exposure.       At the work site, the employer had not reviewed and updated the exposure control plan for reducing employee exposure(s).  Employees were still using non-retractable insulin needles at the work site.

Issued

May 10, 2012

Abate by

Jun 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v):   An employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan shall solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation, and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls and shall document the solicitation in the Exposure Control Plan.  At the work site, the employer had not sought employee input for the exposure control plan as it related to engineering controls for sharps.  An employee was injured by a contaminated sharp after giving an injection with a syringe that had a non-retractable needle.

Issued

May 10, 2012

Abate by

Jun 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i):     During use, containers for contaminated sharps shall be:  Easily accessible to personnel and located as close as is feasible to the immediate area where sharps are used or can be reasonably anticipated to be found (e.g., laundries);    At the work site, the employer did not have sharps containers located in residents' rooms where employees gave injections daily.

Issued

May 10, 2012

Abate by

Jun 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3):     How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.    On the 2012 OSHA 300 log, the employer had not entered an employee injury that occurred on February 15, 2012.  The injury had not been entered on the log within seven days at the time of inspection on March 26, 2012.

Issued

May 10, 2012

Abate by

Jun 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i):     The employer shall establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps. The information in the sharps injury log shall be recorded and maintained in such manner as to protect the confidentiality of the injured employee. The sharps injury log shall contain, at a minimum:      At the work site, an employee had been injured by a contaminated sharp on February 15, 2012.  At the time of inspection, the employer had not established a sharps injury log.