OSHA Inspection: SENIORS MANAGEMENT NORTH, INC.

Issued

Nov 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not kept free and unobstructed:    a) Corridor Adjacent to kitchen: The emergency egress route leading to the exit was blocked by office chairs and dietary tray carts, on or about 10/28/14.

Issued

Nov 24, 2014

Abate by

Dec 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,250 Reduced

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 engineering controls, (i.e., safer medical devices) designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure:    a) Establishment: Employees including, but not limited to, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants, have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material in the course of their work activity, and annual consideration and implementation of effective and safer medical devices to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure was not documented, thus, potentially exposing employees to bloodborne pathogens, on or about 7/9/14.

Issued

Nov 24, 2014

Abate by

Dec 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): The employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan, 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 did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control plan:  a) Establishment: Employees including, but not limited to, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants, have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material in the course of their work activity, and input regarding identification, evaluation and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls were not solicited, thus, potentially exposing employees to bloodborne pathogens, on or about 7/9/14.

Issued

Nov 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Establishment: Employees, including, but not limited to Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants, who have occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material in the course of their work duties, who decline to complete the hepatitis B Vaccination, were not informed of their right in detail to complete the testing at a later date, on or about 6/6/14.