OSHA Inspection: DR. ELDON BARROWES DDS & ASSOCIATES, PC

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:    Employees had occupational exposure to blood while assisting in root canal and implant procedures.  The employer did not establish a written exposure control plan.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv): The Exposure Control Plan was not reviewed and updated at least annually:  Employees had occupational exposure to blood while assisting in root canal and implant procedures.  The employer did not review and update and exposure control plan at least annually.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Employees had occupational exposure to blood while assisting in root canal and implant procedures.  The employer did not review and update annually the consideration and implementation of safer medical devices.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Employees had occupational exposure to blood while assisting in root canal and implant procedures.  The employer did not solicit input from employees in the evaluation and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls nor was the solicitation documented in an exposure control plan.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 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:  Employees had occupational exposure to blood while assisting in root canal and implant procedures.  The employer did not prepare an exposure determination which included the dental assistants.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(B): Bending, recapping, or needle removal was not accomplished through the use of a mechanical device or a one-handed technique:    Employees working as dental assistants were exposed to bloodborne hazards while recapping needles because no mechanical device or one-handed method were used by employees.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(1)(i): The employer did not establish records in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.102 and maintain an accurate medical record for each employee with occupational exposure:  Employees had occupational exposure to blood while assisting in root canal and implant procedures.  The employer did not maintain an accurate medical record for each employee with occupational exposure.

Issued

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(2)(ii): Training records shall be maintained for 3 years from the date on which the training occurred.  The employer did not maintain training records for each dental assistant who had received bloodborne pathogens training for a period of 3 years from the date on which the training occurred.