OSHA Inspection: ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 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:    a) Throughout facility: The employer did not develop and implement a written expousre control plan for those employees with occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectionous materials, such as, but not limited to, drivers and equipment inspectors, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 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) Throughout facility: The employer did not develop an exposure determination that listed those job titles with exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials and the tasks conducted within those jobs, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 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) Throughout facility: The employer did not provide engineering controls to reduce or eliminate employees exposure when employees handled sharp contaminated equipment, such as, but not limited to pins, acetabular remears, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(3)(ii): The employer did not ensure that the employee used appropriate personal protective equipment when there was occupational exposure:  a) Throughout facility: The employer did not ensure that employees used puncture resistant gloves when handling potentially contaminated surgical tools, such as, but not limited to pins, acetabular remears, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(ii)(A): The employer did not ensure that medical evaluations and procedures including the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series, post-exposure evaluation, or follow-up, including prophylaxis, were made available at no cost to the employee:     a) Throughout facility: The employer did not ensure that the hepatitis B vaccination series was offered at no cost to employees that handle potentially contaminated equipment, such as, but not limited to, drivers and equipment inspectors that work in the warehouse, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee with occupational exposure participated in a training program:    a) Throughout facility: The employer did not provide initial training to employees that handle potentially contaminated equipment, such as, but not limited to, drivers and inspectors that work at the warehouse, upon assignment that covered the information required by the standard, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:     a) Throughout facility: The employer did not assure that those employees who declined the hepatitis B vaccination series signed the declination form in appendix A of the standard, on or about 7/11/13.

Issued

2013-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(1)(ii)(B): The medical record for an employee with occupational exposure did not include a copy of the employee's hepatitis B vaccination status, including the dates of all the hepatitis B vaccinations or any medical records relative to the employee's ability to receive vacination as required by 29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2):     a) Throughout facility: The employer did not maintain the hepatitis B vaccination status or the dates that the vaccinations were provided for those employees that received the vaccination series, on or about 7/11/13.