OSHA Inspection: A PLUS URGENT CARE OF HOLLYWOOD, LLC

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(i): Engineering and work practice controls were not used to eliminate or minimize employees exposure:    On or about 12/12/2012, the employer, A Plus Urgent Care of Hollywood, did not use safer medical devices for injections that would minimize employees' exposure to needlestick injuries.

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv): The Exposure Control Plan was not reviewed and updated when necessary to reflect new or modified tasks and procedures which affect occupational exposure and to reflect new or revised employee positions with occupational exposure:      On or about 12-12-12, the employer did not make updates to the exposure control plan to reflect the new employee positions, medical assistant and physician assistant, with occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Feb 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:        On or about 12/12/12, the employer did not annually document any consideration given to commercially available safer devices.

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Feb 6, 2013

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:        On or about 12/12/12, the employer did not solicit input, with respect to the medical devices in use, from non-managerial front-line employees who were required to use them.

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

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.      On or about 12-12-12, employees who declined the hepatitis B vaccine were not asked to sign a declination form.

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(A): The employer did not ensure that training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure might take place:      On or about 12-12-12, it was determined that the employer did not provide training to employees who were potentially exposed to bloodborne pathogens.

Issued

Jan 10, 2013

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    On or about 12-12-12, it was determined employees who use hazardous chemicals were not given hazard communication training when they first began their assignment.