OSHA Inspection: DESERET HEALTH & REHAB AT ONAGA, LLC

Issued

2014-10-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(A): The employer did not ensure that training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure might take place:   Twenty identified employees working at the Deseret Health & Rehab facility in Onaga had not completed Bloodborne Pathogen training. These employees provide palliative care services and are subject to exposure of blood and other potentially infection materials (OPIM).

Issued

2014-10-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

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:  Thirty-nine identified employees working at the Deseret Health & Rehab facility in Onaga had not completed Hazard Communication training.  These employees are subject to exposure when using chemicals for cleaning.

Issued

2014-10-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition:   At the Deseret Health & Rehab facility in Onaga, eye protection used in the laundry area was not maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition in that goggles were stored without the benefit of being sealed in an enclosure.  the goggles were also suspended by the elastic retention strap on a wall hook which can diminish the elastomer qualities and effectiveness of the equipment for the next employee to use.