OSHA Inspection: TDS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT, LTD DBA SHRED-IT

Issued

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines, whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.      a) On or about December 12, 2014, a customer service representative, operating the shredder in truck #878, received injuries to their right forearm when their cuff became caught by the shredder knife blades and the employee was pulled into the shredder. The shredder's point of operation was not guarded exposing the employee to amputation hazards.       b) At the facility, the point of operation of the shredder in truck #1382 was not guarded exposing employees to amputation hazards.        c) At the facility, the point of operation of the shredder in truck #238 was not guarded exposing employees to amputation hazards.

Issued

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i): Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.    a) At the establishment, Customer Service Representatives performing shredding services at health care providing facilities were exposed to the hazard of needle sticks when I.V. needles and syringes were discovered mixed in with the customer's documents to be shredded. The employer had not implemented an exposure control plan.

Issued

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(3)(i): Provision. When there is occupational exposure, the employer shall provide, at no cost to the employee, appropriate personal protective equipment such as, but not limited to, gloves, gowns, laboratory coats, face shields or masks and eye protection, and mouthpieces, resuscitation bags, pocket masks, or other ventilation devices. Personal protective equipment will be considered "appropriate" only if it does not permit blood or other potentially infectious materials to pass through to or reach the employee's work clothes, street clothes, undergarments, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous membranes under normal conditions of use and for the duration of time which the protective equipment will be used.  a) At the establishment, Customer Service Representatives (CSR) performing shredding services at facilities such as, but not limited to, hospitals, doctors' offices, dental offices, and other health care providing facilities used their hands to remove any remaining documents after dumping the contents of totes and bags into the shredder's hopper. The CSRs were not protected from sticks from contaminated sharps by being provided appropriate hand protection exposing them to the hazard of blood-borne diseases.

Issued

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i): The employer shall make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who have had an exposure incident.   a) At the establishment, Customer Service Representatives (CSR) performing shredding services at facilities such as, but not limited to, hospitals, doctors' offices, dental offices, and other health care providing facilities where needles and syringes had been found mixed in with the documents being shredded, had not been offered the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series.

Issued

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer shall train each employee with occupational exposure in accordance with the requirements of this section. Such training must be provided at no cost to the employee and during working hours. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.  29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(A): At the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure may take place;  a) At the establishment, Customer Service Representatives performing shredding services at facilities such as, but not limited to, hospitals, doctors' offices, dental offices, and other health care providing facilities had occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens from needles and syringes found mixed in with the documents to be shredded and had not received the required training.

Issued

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.8(a): Basic requirement. You must record all work-related needlestick injuries and cuts from sharp objects that are contaminated with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material (as defined by 29 CFR 1910.1030). You must enter the case on the OSHA 300 Log as an injury. To protect the employee's privacy, you may not enter the employee's name on the OSHA 300 Log (see the requirements for privacy cases in paragraphs 1904.29(b)(6) through 1904.29(b)(9)).  a) On the 2014 OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, case number one, occurring on February 12, 2014 involving a needle stick included the employee's name.