OSHA Inspection: DENTAL DREAMS LLC

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a)  Sterilization Room:  On or about 4/14/14, employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials such as, but not limited to, Henry Schein Formula RTC Dental Cleaner, and there was no suitable facility for quick flushing of the eyes within the work area for immediate emergency use.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    (a)  On or about 4/14/14, the outlet box behind the manager's desk did not have a faceplate, exposing employees to an electrical hazard.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv): The Exposure Control Plan was not reviewed and updated at least annually:    (a)  On or about 4/14/14, the bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan had not been reviewed and updated at least annually.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    (a)  On or about 4/14/14, consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices, such as but not limited to, dental syringes, designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure had not been documented annually.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  On or about 4/14/14, the employer did not prepare an exposure determination for employees exposed to bloodborne pathogens.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jun 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(i): Engineering and work practice controls were not used to eliminate or minimize employee exposure:    (a)  On or about 4/14/14, employees looked through waste receptacles for missing equipment in order to avoid having its cost deducted from bonus payments

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(3)(x): Masks in combination with eye protection devices, such as goggles or glasses with solid side shields, or chin-length face shields, were not worn whenever splashes, spray, spatter or droplets of blood or other potentially infectious materials may be generated and eye, nose or mouth contamination can be reasonably anticipated:  (a)  On or about 4/14/14, eye protection devices, such as goggles or glasses with solid side shields, or face shields, were not worn by all employees performing or assisting with dental procedures on patients whenever splashes, spray, spatter, or droplets of blood or other potentially infectious materials may be generated and eye contamination can be reasonably anticipated.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $750

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)  On or about 4/14/14, employees exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Henry Schein General Purpose Cleaner were unaware of safety data sheets and where they could be found.

Issued

Jun 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $25,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not easily accessible to personnel or located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where sharps were used or could be reasonably anticipated to be found:    (a)  On or about 4/14/14, there were no containers for contaminated sharps in any of the 16 operatories, resulting in employees' having to carry contaminated sharps on trays to the sterilization room.    Dental Dreams LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312980782, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/15/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 2180 MacArthur Rd, Whitehall PA.  In the alternative  29CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(1): Contaminated sharps were not discarded immediately or as soon as practicable in containers that meet the requirements of (I) through (iv).  On or about 4/14/14, to the extent that there were sharps containers in any of the operatories, employees did not use them and instead carried contaminated sharps on trays to the sterilization rooms.