OSHA Inspection: BERKELEY RETIREMENT HOME INC.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1):     The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    (a)  Location - Kitchen  The employer did not assess the kitchen cleaning processes  for eye hazards when employees use corrosive chemicals.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1):     The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    (a) Location - Kitchen  On or about 7/25/12, employees that used corrosive chemicals including, but not limited to, Greasecutter Plus, Ster-Bac, and Boil Out, were not required to wear goggles.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1):     Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:    (a)  Location - Maintenance Shop  On or about 7/25/12, the employer did not ensure the tablesaw was guarded.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):     Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:    (a) Location - Maintenance Shop  On or about 7/25/12, the grinder work rest had an opening of more than one half inch.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):     The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:    (a) The bench grinder adjustable tongue guard was approximately three quarters inches from the abrasive wheel.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i):     Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:    (a)  Location - Basement  On or about 7/25/12, unused openings in an electrical panel box were not effectively closed to prevent exposure.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii):     The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:    (a)  Location - Electrical Closet  On or about 7/25/12, the electrical closet was used for storage of the floor buffing machine.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,150 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):     Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):    (a)  Location - Basement  On or about 7/25/12, an electrical bus bar was exposed to contact in a circuit breaker box.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,890 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)(B):     The review and update of the exposure control plan did not document annually consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure:    (a)  Location - Establishment  On or about 7/25/12, the employer had not documented annual consideration and implementation of safer medical deivces.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Nov 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v):     The employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan, did not 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 did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control plan:    (a)  Location - Establishment  On or about 7/25/12, the employer did not provide for and document annual input from non-managerial employees with direct resident care in the evaluation and selection of effective controls for preventing bloodborne pathogen exposures.