OSHA Inspection: SENIOR RETIREMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 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.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto:  Housekeeping employees worked with or around corrosive chemicals including, but not limited, "Clean On The Go Foaming Bath & Restroom Cleaner" and "Clean On The Go Super HDQL10".  Facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not made available.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8400

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.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.  A written Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan had not been developed.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 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 employer's exposure control plan did not document annually the consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure:  a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, the employer had not documented annual consideration of safer medical devices.  Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): Employer did not solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation, and selection, of effective engineering and work practice controls and/or did not document the solicitation in the exposure control plan.  a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, , 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.   Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3100.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8400

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.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Resident Assistants were at an increased risk of exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the administration of insulin injections requiring the use of needles that were not equipped with safer engineered technology.    b.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Resident Assistants were at an increased risk of exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials when required to obtain blood glucose levels with lancets that were not equipped with safer engineered device technology       The employer had not demonstrated and documented that there were no feasible alternatives available or that use of such non-safety engineered device was required by a specific medical procedure.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(A): Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, or removed:   a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto:  Resident Assistants were required to recap and remove contaminated needles from Novolog insulin injection pens prior to disposal.      The employer had not demonstrated and documented that there were no feasible alternatives available or that use of such non-safety engineered device was required by a specific medical procedure.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(B): Bending, recapping, or needle removal was not accomplished through the use of a mechanical device or a one-handed technique:   a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto:  Resident Assistants were required to use a two-handed method to remove contaminated needles from Novolog insulin injection pens prior to disposal.      The employer had not demonstrated and documented that there were no feasible alternatives available or that use of such non-safety engineered device was required by a specific medical procedure.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(i): Hepatitis B vaccination was not made available within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employee(s) with occupational exposure:      a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Hepatitis B vaccination was not made available within 10 working days of initial assignment to Housekeepers and Resident Assistants    Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

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.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, the employer had not obtained signed declination statements from employees who declined to accept hepatitis B vaccinations. The employer was unable to produce such documentation upon request. Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

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 vaccination as required by 29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2):  a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, the employer had not obtained records of employees' hepatitis B vaccination status. The employer was unable to produce such documentation upon request.  Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8400

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.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills. Housekeepers and Resident Assistants had not received training on what Bloodborne pathogens were and how to properly protect themselves from exposure to blood or OPIM.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(A): The bloodborne pathogens training program did not contain an accessible copy of the regulatory text of this standard and an explanation of its contents:   a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore - On or about October 2, 2014, a copy of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard was not available for employee use. Employees had occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens intermittently throughout each day, when for instance, giving injections, performing blood glucose tests, or cleaning blood or other potentially infectious material (OPIM) spills.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

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.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Company employees worked with and around hazardous substances including, but not limited to,"Clean On The Go Foaming Bath & Restroom Cleaner" and "Clean On The Go Super HDQL10" while performing housekeeping duties.  The company had not developed and implemented a written Hazard Communication Program.

Issued

2014-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   a.) Senior Retirement Management, Inc. DBA The Regency at South Shore On or about October 2, 2014, and times prior thereto: Company employees worked with and around hazardous substances including, but not limited to, "Clean On The Go Foaming Bath & Restroom Cleaner" and "Clean On The Go Super HDQL10" while performing housekeeping duties. Company employees were not provided effective information and training about hazardous chemicals in the workplace.