OSHA Inspection: TRANSCARE MEDICAL TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS, LLC DBA DEACONESS ILLINOIS TRANSCARE EMS

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(1): Each exit route was not adequately lighted so that employees with normal vision could see along the exit route:      The employer failed to ensure that all exit routes in the Harrisburg Station had emergency lighting.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":  The employer failed to ensure that all exit doors in the Harrisburg Station were marked with a sign reading "Exit".

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i): First responders at the awareness level did not have sufficient training or have sufficient experience to objectively demonstrate competency in the areas covered by 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i)(A) through (q)(6)(i)(F):    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, employees were responding to unknown emergencies, where hazardous substances could have been present, and did not receive First Responder Awareness training.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not communicate personal protective equipment selection decision(s) to each affected employee:    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not communicate personal protective equipment selection decisions to affected employees.  Employees, including but not limited to Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic and Paramedics, were exposed to:    A.  Splash hazards to the eyes, face, body and hands from blood, other potentially infectious materials.  B.  Chemicals such as but not limited to Oxygen

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees who were required to use N95 respirators for protection against potentially infectious respiratory diseases.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not provide fit testing to employees who are required to use N95 respirators for protection against potentially infectious respiratory diseases.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training that covered the required elements in 1910.134(k)(1)(i) through 1910.134(k)(1)(vii):    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not provide respirator training to employees who are required to use N95 respirators for protection against potentially infectious respiratory diseases.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    At the Harrisburg and Shawneetown locations, the employer failed to ensure that employees were trained in the operation of fire extinguishers.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:    In the Harrisburg Facility, the employer did not ensure that breakers in a circuit breaker box, located in the bedroom, was labeled so employees knew their use.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    In the Harrisburg Facility, the employer failed to ensure that the breaker box, located in the front bedroom, had sufficient access and working space around it.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(b)(3)(i): All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in bathrooms or on rooftops did not have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel:    In the Harrisburg Facility, the employer did not ensure that an outlet, located in the bathroom, did not have Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter (GCFI) to protect employees against electric shock.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $2846.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that a copy of the Exposure Control Plan was accessible to employees, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1020(e):    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, employees such as but not limited to Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics were occupationally exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials during the course of providing emergency medical services and the employer did not ensure that the written Exposure Control Plan was available to employees.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $2846.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(i): Hepatitis B vaccination were not made available after the employee had received the training required in paragraph (g)(2)(vii)(I) and within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employees who have occupational exposure unless the employee had previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series, antibody testing had revealed that the employee was immune, or the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons:    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois the employer did not make the Hepatitis B vaccination available to employees with occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials within 10 working days of initial assignment.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv): The employer did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer signed the statement in appendix A:  At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois the employer did not ensure that employees who declined the hepatitis B vaccination, signed a declination statement.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer shall train each employee with occupational exposure in accordance with the requirements of this section. Such training must be provided at no cost to the employee and during working hours. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not ensure that training was provided to each employee with occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2033.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program that included:    A.  How the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h) will be implemented for employees exposed to chemicals such as but not limited to compressed oxygen and Safetec SaniZide Pro surface disinfectant wipes.    B.  A list of the hazardous chemicals known at the facilities.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided with copies of OR were able to electronically access Safety Data Sheets when they were working with chemicals such as but not limited to compressed oxygen and Safetec SaniZide Pro surface disinfectant wipes.

Issued

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  At the Deaconess Illinois TransCare EMS facilities in Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided with initial hazard communication information and training when working with hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to compressed oxygen and Safetec SaniZide Pro surface disinfectant wipes.