OSHA Inspection: AMERIPATH NEW YORK, LLC

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(a)(4): Safeguard(s) designed to protect employees during an emergency (e.g., sprinkler systems, alarm systems, fire doors, exit lighting), were not in proper working order at all times:    Location: 1 Greenwich Place, Shelton, CT 06484    Automatic fire protection sprinkler heads and Carbon Monoxide detectors in the newly renovated section of the histology laboratory were covered with an orange plastic covers.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    Location: 1 Greenwich Place, Shelton, CT 06484.    A workplace hazard assessment was not conducted to determine what personal protective equipment was necessary for tasks such as but not limited to changing the hematoxylin and eosin stainer and grossing formalin fixed samples.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(d)(4): The employer did not within 15 working days after the receipt of any monitoring results of laboratory employees' exposures to any substance regulated by a standard, notify the employees of these results in writing either individually or by posting results in an appropriate location that was accessible to employees:    Located 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.        The monitoring/sampling results for April 2015, April 2014, and April 2013 were not provided to each laboratory employee in writing or by posting the results within 15 working days after receipt of the monitoring results.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,471 · Current $7,275 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(1)(i): Where hazardous chemicals were used in the workplace, the employer did not develop and carry out the provisions of a written Chemical Hygiene Plan which were capable of protecting employees from health hazards associated with hazardous chemicals in that laboratory:    Locaion: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      Each section of the Chemical Hygiene Plan was not implemented for every employee exposed to health hazards associated with xylene, acetic acid, and alcohols, in the processing area while changing solutions in the stainers and paraffin wax processer.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,471 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(3)(iii): The employer's Chemical Hygiene Plan did not include a requirement that fume hoods and other protective equipment functioned properly and did not include specific measures that would be taken to ensure proper and adequate performance of such equipment:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      The Chemical Hygiene Plan did not include the requirements for proper functionality and specific measures that would be taken to ensure proper performance on the Mopec Grossing Stations serial number MB100C09001, MB100C09002, and MB100C09003.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,471 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(3)(viii)(C): The employer's Chemical Hygiene Plan did not include provisions for work with particularly hazardous substances giving specific consideration to the procedures for safe removal of contaminated waste.    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      The Chemical Hygiene Plan did not contain procedures for the safe separation and removal of incompatible chemical waste(s).

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(f)(3)(i): The employer did not inform laboratory employees of the contents of this standard and its appendices:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      Each laboratory employee exposed to health hazards was not informed of 29 CFR 1910.1450 standard nor its appendices.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(f)(3)(ii): The employer did not inform laboratory employees of the location and availability of the Chemical Hygiene Plan:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.    Each laboratory employee exposed to health hazards was not informed of the location and availability of the Chemical Hygiene Plan.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,471 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(f)(3)(iv): The employer did not inform laboratory employees of signs and symptoms associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals used in the laboratory:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.    Each laboratory employee exposed to health hazards was not informed of the signs and symptoms associated with exposure to chemicals used often in the histology laboratory including but not limited to acetic acid, alcohols, formaldehyde, and xylene.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(f)(4)(i)(A): Employee training did not include methods and observations that could be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      Each laboratory employee exposed to health hazards was not provided with training on the methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to formaldehyde, xylene, acetic acid, and alcohol.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,908 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(f)(4)(ii): The laboratory employee was not trained on the applicable details of the employer's written Chemical Hygiene Plan:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      Each laboratory employee was not provided with training on the applicable details of the Chemical Hygiene Plan.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,471 · Current $7,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1450(g)(1)(i): Employees who had developed signs or symptoms associated with a hazardous chemical to which the employee could have been exposed in the laboratory, were not provided an opportunity to receive an appropriate medical examination:    Location: 1 Greenwich Park, Shelton, CT 06484.      Each employee that developed signs and symptoms associated with a hazardous chemical such as but not limited to formaldehyde, xylene, acetic acid, and alcohols was not provided an opportunity to receive appropriate medical examination.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    Location: 1 Greenwich Place, Shelton, CT 06484    Each employee voluntarily using dust masks were not provided with Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.