OSHA Inspection: JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

Issued

Sep 22, 2017

Abate by

Oct 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,243 · Current $7,243

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(A): The employer did not provide training at the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials may take place;    (a) On or about August 18 2017, at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center located at 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11418    The employer did not provide site-specific Bloodborne pathogen training to 5 agency nurses with reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material at the time of initial assignment.        WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 22, 2017

Abate by

Oct 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(iv): The employer did not provide annual training for all employees within one year of their previous training where occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials may take place;    (a) On or about July 6 2017, at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center located at 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11418    The employer did not provide annual training to at least 4 permanent employees within one year of their previous training who had reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 22, 2017

Abate by

Oct 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(2)(i)(C): Employer did not ensure that employee training records for occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials included the names and qualifications of persons conducting the training:  (a) On or about July 06 2017, at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center located at 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11418    The employer did not include the names and qualifications of persons providing training information on Sharps Safety Practices, on all employee training records for employees with reasonably anticipated exposure to Bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious material.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 22, 2017

Abate by

Oct 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,811 · Current $1,811

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.8(a): The employer did not record all work-related needlestick injuries and cuts from sharp objects that were contaminated with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material as defined by 29 CFR 1910.1030 on the OSHA 300 Log as an injury.   (b) On or about April 28 2017, at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center located at 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11418    The employer did not record at least 5 work-related needlestick injuries for employees with reasonably anticipated exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material on the OSHA 300 Log as an injury.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 22, 2017

Abate by

Oct 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(6): The employer did not enter "privacy case" in the space normally used for the employee's name on the OSHA 300 Log to protect the privacy of the injured or ill employee when another employee, a former employee, or an authorized employee representative is provided access to the OSHA 300 Log under �� 1904.35(b)(2);   (b) On or about April 28 2017, at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center located at 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11418    The employer did not enter "privacy case" for at least 13 employees with work-related needlestick injuries and with reasonably anticipated exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material on the OSHA 300 Log.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Sep 22, 2017

Abate by

Oct 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5): The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)-(iii),  for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps:    (a) On or about April 28, 2017 at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center at 89-00 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11418  The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps received by employees performing work duties with reasonable exposure to bloodborne pathogens or potentially infectious material.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.