OSHA Inspection: VICTORY HEALTH PARTNERS , INC.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i): The employer having employee(s) with occupational exposure did not establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure:    a)     Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013, and times prior to, the employer exposed employees to bloodborne pathogen hazards by failing to ensure that a written Bloodborne Pathogen Plan to include an Exposure Control Plan was available and implemented to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i): The employer's exposure determination did not include the information required in 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i)(A) through (c)(2)(i)(C):    a)     Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013, and times prior to, the employer exposed employees to bloodborne pathogen hazards by failing to evaluate exposure through an Employee Exposure Determination to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 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:    a)     Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013, and times prior to, the employer exposed employees to bloodborne pathogen hazards by failing to ensure that a written Blood Borne Pathogen Plan to include an Exposure Control Plan and initial training was available and implemented to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(B): The employer did not ensure that the training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at least annually:    a)     Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013, and times prior to, the employer exposed employees to bloodborne pathogen hazards by failing to ensure that a written Blood Borne Pathogen Plan to include an Exposure Control Plan and annual training was available and implemented to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 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:    a)     Clinic:  On or about January 24, 2013, and times prior to, the employer exposed employees to blood borne pathogen hazards by failing to ensure that engineering controls in the use of non safety engineered needles during vaccination  caused failure to minimize or eliminate exposure to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i): The employer did not make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure:    a)     Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013, and times prior to, the employer exposed employees to bloodborne pathogen hazards by failing to provide hepatitis B series of shots to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(iii): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not replaced routinely or were allowed to be overfilled:    a) Triage and dental exam room:   On or about January 24, 2013 the employer exposed employee(s) to bloodborne pathogen hazard that would cause disease from not ensuring contaminated sharps containers were not allowed to be filled over demarcated fill line.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(A): Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, or removed:    a) Victory Health Partners, Inc. Clinic :   On or about January 24, 2013 the employer exposed employee(s) to bloodborne pathogen hazard that would cause disease by allowing employees to recap needles that were not safety engineered needles.

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Apr 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:    a)Entire Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013  and prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemicals with out maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets on chemicals used on site including but not limited to: Sodium Dioxide, Isopropyl alcohol

Issued

Feb 5, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 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:    a)Entire Clinic:  On or about January 24th, 2013  and prior to,the employer exposed employees to chemicals with out training employees on Hazard Communication Program and Material Safety Data Sheets on chemicals used on site including but not limited sodium dioxide and isopropyl alcohol and did not conduct training for current employees.