POUGHKEEPSIE, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER in 45 READE PL, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601 (NAICS 622110). OSHA activity number 341377273.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER
- Site address
- 45 READE PL
- City
- POUGHKEEPSIE
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12601
- Mailing
- 45 READE PL, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 622110
- Employees
- 1400
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1030 C01 IV B
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 3, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300
General-duty citation text
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) On or about 03/19/2016, in the cat scan area, for employees with occupational exposure to potentially infectious material. Employer did not implement safer medical devices such as, but not limited to, disposable transfer set or safer engineered medical device.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $6300
1910.1030 D02 I
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 3, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300
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) On or about 03/19/2016, in the cat scan area, for employees with occupational exposure to potentially infectious material. Employer did not implement effective engineering and work practice controls.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $6300
1910.1030 D02 VII A
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 3, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(A): Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, or removed: a) On or about 03/19/2016, in the cat scan area, for employees with occupational exposure to potentially infectious material. Employer did not implement effective work practice controls and was having employees use needles that get recapped.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $6300
1910.1030 H05 I A
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 3, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)(A): The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log that contained, at a minimum: The type and brand of device involved in the incident. (a) On or about 07/01/2014, at facility, for employees who had sharp injuries in 2016-Present. The employer did not maintain information on the sharp involved in the injuries.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $6300
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 341377273.
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