OSHA Inspection: MHC HOLDINGS, INC.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1): At this establishment, the employer had not established a written bloodborne pathogen exposure program designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure when treating injuries.    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, medical assistants are exposed or could potentially be exposed to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials. Yet, the employer had not established a written bloodborne pathogen exposure program designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure when providing direct patient care.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, medical assistants, who are responsible for direct patient care and who are or could be potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps, were not offered the opportunity to provide input on the evaluation and selection of engineering and work practice controls.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii): Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, or removed:    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not have any work rules regarding contaminated needles. Moreover, the employer allowed contaminated needles to be removed from syringes and/or recapped.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(i): The employer did not determine or implement an appropriate written schedule for cleaning or method of decontamination based upon the location within the facility, type of surface to be cleaned, type of soil present, and tasks or procedures being performed in the area:    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to implement a written schedule for cleaning or method of decontamination for areas including, but not limited to, those where direct patient care is provided.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not easily accessible to personnel or located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where sharps were used or could be reasonably anticipated to be found:    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to ensure that medical assistants had access to sharps containers that were easily accessible to the immediate area where sharps were used. Medical Assistants had to either find a sharps container in another room or they had to open cabinet doors to have access to one.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(iii): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not replaced routinely or were allowed to be overfilled:    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to ensure that containers for contaminated sharps were replaced routinely and/or were not allowed to be overfilled.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(i): Hepatitis B vaccination was not made available within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employee(s) with occupational exposure:    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, medical assistants who are exposed or could potentially be exposed to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials, had not received the bloodborne training, nor were offered Hepatitis B vaccinations within 10 days of assignment.

Issued

2016-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee with occupational exposure participated in a training program:    a) Throughout Establishment: On or about November 18, 2015, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not provide bloodborne pathogens training to medical assistants, responsible for direct patient care, who are exposed or could potentially be exposed to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.