OSHA Inspection: BORG PIONEER MEMORIAL HOME

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:     (a) On or about December 19, 2012, and at times prior, employees working with chemicals labeled as corrosive, including, but not limited to, bleach in the kitchen and laundry department at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, located at 61 Borg Drive in Mountain, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 Reduced

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) On or about December 19, 2012, and at times prior, for the kitchen/dietary employees accessing the equipment room with equipment in front of the electrical panel restricting access to electrical disconnects at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, located at 61 Borg Drive in Mountain, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:   (a) On or about December 19, 2012, and at times prior, for the employees working in the kitchen who are required to access the equipment room, passing by the electrical panel located next to the door into the room, to retrieve food items throughout the day at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, located at 61 Borg Drive in Mountain, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.8(a): Work-related needlestick injuries or cuts from sharp objects contaminated with another person's blood or potentially infectious material were not entered on the OSHA 300 Log as a privacy case:   (a) On or about July 1, 2011, for the employee who received a work-related sharps injury at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, located at 61 Borg Drive in Mountain, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 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:   (a) For the years 2007 through 2011, for employees required to use sharps, such as but not limited to, BD Safety-Lok 1mL insulin syringes with Ultra-Fine (29-1/2 G) needles and MediPurpose SurgiLance safety lancets at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, located at 61 Borg Drive in Mountain, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)(A): The employer did not maintain a sharps injury log that contained at a minimum the type and brand of device involved in the incident:   (a) On or about December 19, 2012, and at times prior, for employees required to use sharps, such as but not limited to, BD Safety-Lok 1mL insulin syringes with Ultra-Fine (29-1/2 G) needles and MediPurpose SurgiLance safety lancets at Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, located at 61 Borg Drive in Mountain, North Dakota.