OSHA Inspection: VIVAGE QUALITY HEALTH PARTNERS LLC

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $1,338 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(A): Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, or removed:    Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC, dba Aspen Care Community LLC, at 3105 W Arkansas Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 8/31/12, Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC did not ensure that contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were not bent, recapped, or removed.  Certified Nursing Assistants shaved residents using disposable razors.  The employer did not ensure that the employees did not recap the contaminated sharps prior to disposal in a sharps container.  This condition exposed employees to a bloodborne pathogen hazard.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not easily accessible to personnel or located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where sharps were used or could be reasonably anticipated to be found:    Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC, dba Aspen Care Community LLC, at 3105 W Arkansas Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 8/31/12, Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC did not ensure that during use, containers for contaminated sharps were easily accessible to personnel or located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where sharps were used or could be reasonably anticipated to be found.  Nurses utilized syringes to inject insulin and utilized lancets to check blood sugar levels.  Nurses disposed of contaminated sharps by exiting through the resident's closed door, walking to the nurse's cart, and depositing the contaminated sharp in a sharps contain.  This distance was approximately twelve to fifteen feet.  The employer did not ensure that sharps containers were located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where the sharps were used.  This condition exposed employees to a bloodborne pathogen hazard.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $1,339 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:    Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC, dba Aspen Care Community LLC, at 3105 W Arkansas Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 8/31/12, Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC did not maintain copies of the material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace, including, but not limited to the following:    1.  Sunburst Chemicals Chlorbrite (containing sodium hypochlorite);  2.  Champion Packaging Inc Sun Brite (containing 5.25% sodium hypochlorite);  3.  Sunburst Chemicals Sentry sanitizer;  4.  Sunburst Chemicals XP Sunshine; and  5.  Sunburst Chemicals Result 100.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv): The employer did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer signed the statement in appendix A:  Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC, dba Aspen Care Community LLC, at 3105 W Arkansas Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 8/29/12, Vivage Quality Health Partners LLC did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer signed the statement in appendix A.  Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants were occupationally exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials.  The employer did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the Hepatitis B vaccination signed a declination form.