OSHA Inspection: OAK BEND MEDICAL CENTER

Issued

2016-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(viii): Immediately or as soon as possible after use, contaminated reusable sharps were not placed in appropriate containers until properly reprocessed:    (a) at the hospital, ICU, Room 9, a housekeeping employee was stuck-by a contaminated needle.  The needle was not disposed of in the biohazard sharps container.

Issued

2016-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(3)(ii)(A): The post-exposure evaluation and follow-up of an exposure incident did not include testing the source individual's blood as soon as feasible and after consent was obtained in order to determine HBV and HIV infectivity:    (a) at the hospital, ICU, Room 9, a housekeeping employee was stuck-by a contaminated needle.  No attempt was made to obtain consent to collect and test the patient's blood.

Issued

2016-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(A): The employer did not ensure that training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure might take place:    (a) at Oak Bend Medical Center, employees in departments such as but not limited to the Wound Care Center, Skilled Nursing Unit, Medical staff Services, Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Care Center were not trained on the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard or the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan before their initial assignment.

Issued

2016-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

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) at Oak Bend Medical Center, before their initial assignment employees were not informed of the requirements of 1910.1200, any operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals are present; and, the location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and safety data sheets required by this section.  Before their initial assignment the employees were not trained on methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area (such as monitoring conducted by the employer, continuous monitoring devices, visual appearance or odor of hazardous chemicals when being released, etc.); the physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area; the measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used; and the details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.  Employees use hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, formaldehyde, chlorohexidine, and ammonia.

Issued

2016-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): The 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 did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control Plan:    a) at the facility, the Exposure Control Plan does not have a procedure how the hospital includes non-managerial employees in selecting effective engineering and work practice controls.