OSHA Inspection: ARMAND P RICCIARDELLI DMD

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.    The employer failed to establish and implement a written Exposure Control Plan for dental assistants exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) during dental procedures.        Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(4): Reusable containers for contaminated sharps were opened, emptied, or cleaned manually or in another manner which exposed employees to the risk of percutaneous injury:    a) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.    Dental assistants were required to empty the small sharps containers from the examination rooms into a larger sharps container in the laboratory for disposal.  During such operations workers were exposed to sharps contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM).    Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(ii)(D): The employer did not ensure that all medical evaluations and procedures including the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up including prophylaxis were provided according to recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service current at the time these evaluations and procedures took place, except as specified by this paragraph (f):  a) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.  The employer did not provide hepatitis B vaccinated health care personnel with postvaccinationpion serologic testing (antibody to hepatitis B surafce antigen) as per U.S. Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control guidance.  Such workers to include dental assistants were exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) during dental procedures.  Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.  The employer did not maintain Hepatitis B vaccination records for dental assistants exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) during dental procedures.  Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.    Dental assistants exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) during cleanings and decontaminating sharps were not trained in the requirements of the bloodborne pathogens standard.    Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1953X100

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) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.    The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for workers using chemicals to include but not limited to compressed Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen.    Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1953X100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:  a) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.  The employer did not have safety data sheets for Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen gases, which employees work with during dental procedures.    Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.

Issued

Feb 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1953X100

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) Dental Practice, Armand P Ricciardelli, DMD, 1670 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305.  Employees were not provided with information and training on the hazards of the chemicals they work with to include, but not limited to, compressed Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen gases.  Condition noted on or about 1/27/2014.