OSHA Inspection: PHYSICAL EXPRESS LLC

Issued

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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 February 5th, 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 was available and implemented to cover all clinic employees with exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i):     The employer having employees with occupational exposure did not prepare an exposure determination:    a)     Clinic:  On or about February 5th, 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

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 February 5th, 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

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:      a)Entire Clinic:  On or about February 5th, 2013  and prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemicals without maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets on chemicals used on site including but not limited cidexplus.

Issued

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The written hazard communication program did not include a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present, using an identity that was referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet:    a)Urgent Care Facility:  On or about February 5th, 2013, and prior to,  no written hazard communication program or chemical inventory list was available to employee(s) exposed to hazards including but not limited to:  Alcohol and Cidex for sterilization.

Issued

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access, microfiche, and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the material safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)    a)Entire Clinic:  On or about February 5th, 2013  and prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemicals without maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets on chemicals used on site including but not limited to: Cidexplus.

Issued

2013-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.    a)Entire Clinic:  On or about February 5th, 2013  and prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemicals without maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets on chemicals used on site including but not limited cidexplus.