OSHA Inspection: ODD FELLOWS HOME OF PENNSYLVANIA

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $2340.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 20852260

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) Kitchen Area - Employees using chemicals, such as Lime-A-Way and Greasecutter, were not provided with an eyewash station, on or about June 8, 2015.  (b) Laundry Area - Employees using chemicals, such as Neutral Disinfectant Cleaner, were not provided with an eyewash station, on or about June 8, 2015.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2925.00 Reduced

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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)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not document annual consideration of commercially available and effective safer medical devices that were designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure, on or about June 25, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): The employer, who was required to establish an Exposure Control Plan, did not solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who were 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)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home -  The employer did not solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who were 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, on or about June 25, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home; Personal Care - A safer needle device was not used to administer the Glucagon to residents, on or about June 25, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2925.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(B): The employer did not ensure that the training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at least annually:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not ensure that employees were provided with bloodborne pathogen training within one year from the date of their previous training, or about July 7, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(F): The bloodborne pathogens training program did not contain an explanation of the use or limitations of methods that would prevent or reduce exposure including appropriate engineering controls, work practices or personal protective equipment:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home; Skilled Care - The employer did not ensure that all employees were instructed on how to activate the safety feature on the lovenox pre-filled syringes, on or about June 10, 2015.  (b)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home; Personal Care - The employer did not ensure that all employees were instructed to use a safety syringe to administer glucagon instead of using the non-safety syringe included in the kit, or about June 25, 2015.  (c) Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer's "Infection Control"  training packet contains instructions to re-cap needles, on or about June 25, 2015.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $900.00 · Current $585.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(3): An injury or illness involving one or more days away from work, was not recorded on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for cases involving days away and an entry of the number of calendar days away from work in the number of days column.    (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not enter a check in column "H" and did not enter the number of calendar days away from work in column "K" on the OSHA 300 log for calendar year 2015 for an injury that occurred on 5/26/15, on or about June 8, 2015.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4): When an injury or illness involved restricted work or job transfer but did not involve death or days away from work, the employer did not correctly record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log by placing a check mark in the space for job transfer or restriction and/or an entry of the number of restricted or transferred days in the restricted workdays column:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not enter a check in column "I" and did not enter the number of restricted days in column "L" on the OSHA 300 log for calendar year 2015 for an injury that occurred on 3/25/15, on or about June 8, 2015.  (b)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not enter a check in column "I" for an injury that occurred on 4/15/15 on the OSHA 300 log for calendar year 2015, on or about June 8, 2015.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(5): The employer did not enter a check mark in the box for cases where the employee received medical treatment but was not transferred or restricted:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not enter a check mark in column "J" for an injury involving medical treatment that occurred on 5/4/15, on or about June 8, 2015.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(1): A review of the OSHA Log of Recordable Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed to ensure the Log was accurate and complete, and/or deficiencies were not identified and corrected at the end of each calendar year:    (a) Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - Deficiencies were not identified and corrected on the 300 log for calendar year 2014 at the end of calendar year, on or about June 8, 2015.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(b)(3): The company executive did not certify that he or she examined the OSHA 300 Log and that he or she reasonably believed, based on his or her knowledge of the process by which the information was recorded, that the annual summary was correct and complete:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - A company executive did not certify the OSHA 300-A summary form for calendar year 2014, on or about June 8, 2015.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(ii)(D): The employer did not ensure that all medical evaluations or procedures including the hepatitis B vaccine, vaccination series, post-exposure evaluation, or follow-up, including prophylaxis, were provided according to recommendations of the US. Public Health Service current at the time these evaluations and procedure took place:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not provide post-vaccination testing for antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) 1-2 months after completion of the 3-dose vaccination series for employees who had contact with residents or blood and who were at an on-going risk for percutaneous injuries, on or about June 25, 2015.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The medical records for two (2) employees did not include a copy of the employee's hepatitis B vaccination status, or about July 7, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(1)(ii)(D): The medical record for an employee with occupational exposure did not include the employer's copy of the health care professional's written opinion as required by 29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(5):  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The medical records for employees did not include a copy of the health care professional's written opinion for hepatitis B vaccinations and for post-exposure evaluations and follow-ups, or about July 7, 2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i): The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps:  (a)  Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania dba The Middletown Home - The employer did not establish a sharps injury log, on or about June 8, 2015.  No abatement certification or documentation required.