OSHA Inspection: SOUTH CENTRAL ALPHA HOUSING, INC.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1339.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(B):  The employer's Exposure Control Plan did not include the schedule and method of implementation for paragraphs (d) Methods of Compliance, (f) Hepatitis B Vaccination and Post-Exposure Evaluation and Follow-up, (g) Communication of Hazards to Employees, and (h) Recordkeeping, of this standard;    a) South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto, Company employees had potential exposure to Bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, obtaining blood glucose levels, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.     The employer's written Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan was not site specific in that, the written plan did not identify the following:     1.) Specific information regarding the healthcare professional that will conduct the confidential post exposure evaluation and follow up in the event of an exposure incident;      2) Procedures for the annual evaluation of safety engineered devices.  The method of implementation was not described, nor was a start date identified;        b) South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto, The section and associated forms of the facility's Exposure Control Plan titled "Bloodborne Pathogens Post Exposure Evaluation & Followup"  and the related consent form contained information that would not protect the confidential medical information of the employees receiving the Post Exposure Evaluation and Follow-up.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

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) South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto, Company employees had potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, obtaining blood glucose levels, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.  The employer had not documented annual consideration of safer medical devices in the Exposure Control Plan.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): The employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan, solicited input from non-managerial employees responsible for dierct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls but did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control plan:    a) South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto, Company employees had potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, obtaining blood glucose levels, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.  The employer had not documented, in the Exposure Control Plan, the solicitation of input from non-managerial employees in the identification, evaluation, and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(5)(iii): Findings or diagnoses other than those required by 29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(5) were not confidential or were included in the report:    a)      South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto,   The Healthcare Professionals written opinion provided to the facility following an employees post exposure evaluation and follow-up contained confidential medical information that is not to be included in the report/opinion.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A log of all recordable work-related injuries and illness (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed in the detail required by the regulation:    a.)    South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto, -The OSHA Form 300 for calendar year 2014 did not provide specific detail, about the object/substance that directly injured or made the employee ill, in Column F.  Case numbers 3, 4,5,6,7, and 8 did not provide specific detail about the object/substance that directly injured or made the employee ill.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(6): The employer did not enter "privacy case" in the space normally used for the  employee's name on the OSHA 300 form or equivalent:       a.)    South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto,  -The OSHA Form 300 for calendar year 2014 contained an employees first and last name for an injury from a sharp object that was potentially contaminated with another persons blood or other potentially infectious material.  Case number 8 did not protect the employees confidentially following a potential exposure with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material.

Issued

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.)    South Central Alpha Housing, Inc. dba Avalon Nursing Center, 3410 W Pittsburg Rd, New Castle, Pa, -On or about July 17, 2014, and times prior thereto:  Company employees were working with and around hazardous substances including, but not limited to Bleach 5%, Daco, L.L. Destainer, and Neutra-Stat 64.  A written Hazard Communication Program had not been developed.