OSHA Inspection: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Issued

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,823 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(f)(1)(i): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C). Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), were not stored in closed containers, or in storage tanks above ground outside of buildings, or underground in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section:    Location:  Flammable Store Cabinets, Histology Laboratory, 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton CT, 06484.      A 50 gallon plastic drum of Pharmco-AAPER Reagent Alcohol 200 Proof, a category 2 flammable liquid with a flashpoint of 14 °C / 57 °F, was not closed while in a flammable storage cabinet.

Issued

Jun 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,038 · Current $3,038

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base selection of appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the tasks to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, and the hazards and potential hazards identified:    Location: 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton Ct, 06484.  Histology Laboratory Hematoxylin Staining Area.    An adequate selection of appropriate hand protection based upon the tasks to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, suitable chemical resistance, durability and the hazards and potential hazard identified during the slide preparation procedure was not conducted.

Issued

Jun 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(3)(ii): The Chemical Hygiene Plan did not include the criteria that the employer would use to determine and implement control measures to reduce employee exposure to hazardous chemicals including engineering controls, the use of personal protective equipment and hygiene practices:    Location: Histology Laboratory Hematoxylin Staining Area, 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton CT, 06484    Engineering controls to prevent employees from submerging gloved fingers into xylene baths were not contained within the chemical hygiene plan.

Issued

Jun 1, 2016

Abate by

Oct 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area:    Location: Histology Laboratory Special Staining Area, 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton CT, 06484    An initial monitoring to determine the 8 hours time-weighed average exposure to chromium (VI) levels along with objective data to ensure chromium (VI) levels were below the action level was not conducted.

Issued

Jun 1, 2016

Abate by

Oct 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1450(d)(1): The employer did not measure the laboratory employee's exposure to a substance regulated by a standard which required monitoring when there was reason to believe that exposure levels for that substance routinely exceeded the action level or in the absence of an action level, the permissible exposure limit.    Location: Histology Laboratory Special Staining Area, 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton CT, 06484    Initial monitoring to determine chromium (VI) levels along with objective data to ensure chromium (VI) levels were below the action level was not conducted.

Issued

Jun 1, 2016

Abate by

Jun 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(j)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that all surfaces were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of chromium (VI):  Location: Histology Laboratory Special Staining Area, 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton CT, 06484  Surfaces including but not limited to the hood #4 had detectable levels of chromium present.