OSHA Inspection: NATHAN E. GOFF, DMD

Issued

Apr 22, 2015

Abate by

Apr 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,020 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(3)(ii): Use. The employer did not ensure that the employee used appropriate personal protective equipment unless the employer showed that the employee temporarily and briefly declined to use personal protective equipment when, under rare and extraordinary circumstances, it was the employee's professional judgment that in the specific instance its use would have prevented the delivery of health care or public safety services or would have posed an increased hazard to the safety of the worker or co-worker. When the employee made this judgment, the circumstances were not investigated and documented in order to determine whether changes could be instituted to prevent such occurrences in the future.   Dental office -  The employer did not ensure that the employees used appropriate gloves.  When employees declined to wear the thicker purple gloves that were claimed to be too cumbersome for preparing contaminated instruments for sterilization and other like tasks, the employer did not investigate and document the circumstances in order to determine whether changes could be instituted to prevent such occurrences in the future.