OSHA Inspection: SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT VASCULAR CENTER, LLC

Issued

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6519.00 · Current $3260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(x): Food and drink was kept in refrigerators, freezers, shelves, cabinets or on countertops or benchtops where blood or other potentially infectious materials were present:  UTILITY ROOM ANGIOGRAPHY SUITE  On, or about  August 15, 2017,  blood contaminated surgical waste material, such as, but not limited to, towels, clamps, tubing and bowls were discarded in a 33 gallon, black trash bag, stored near shelves of five gallon containers of drinking water.

Issued

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6519.00 · Current $3260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(B)(1): Regulated waste was not disposed of in containers that were closable; constructed to contain all contents and prevent leakage of fluids during handling, storage, transport, or shipping; labeled or color-coded in accordance with parapraph (g)(1)(i) of this standard; and closed prior to removal to prevent spillage or protrusion of contents during handling, stroage, transport, or shipping:  UTILITY ROOM ANGIOGRAPHY SUITE  On, or about August 15, 2017,  regulated waste containing blood contaminated surgical waste material, such as, but not limited to, towels, clamps, tubing and bowls were discarded in a unlabeled, 33 gallon, black trash bag.

Issued

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(C): Disposal of all regulated waste was not in accordance with applicable regulations of the United States, a State, a Territory, or a political subdivision of a State or Territory:  UTILITY ROOM ANGIOPLASTY SUITE  On, or about August 15, 2017,  blood contaminated surgical waste material, such as, but not limited to, towels, clamps, tubing and bowls was not discarded as biomedical waste as required in the state of Connecticut.

Issued

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4889.00 · Current $2445.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1096(d)(2)(i): The employer did not supply appropriate personnel monitoring equipment, such as film badges, pocket chambers, pocket dosimeters, or film rings, and/or require the use of such equipment by each employee who entered a restricted area under such circumstances that he received or was likely to receive a dose in any calendar quarter in excess of 25 percent of the applicable value specified in 29 CFR 1910.1096(b)(1):  ANGIOGRAPHY SUITE  On, or about,  August 15, 2017,  a nurse that was required to be present in a restricted area during procedures that generated ionizing radiation, was not provided individual personal monitoring equipment.

Issued

2017-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(A): The employer did not ensure that training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure might take place:  ANGIOGRAPHY SUITE  On, or about, August 15, 2017,  a nurse had not received the required bloodborne pathogens training at the time of initial assignment when occupationally exposed to blood and other potentially infectious material while performing duties such as, but not limited to, intravenous sedation.