OSHA Inspection: LIBERTY TUCK LLC

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  A.) On or about Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 95-65 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433  The employer failed to certify abatement required for Citation 1, Items 1 (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), Citation 1, Items 2 (a),(b), and (c) and Citation 2, Item 1 (b) which were issued on 04/18/2018.  Abatement certification for these items was due on 06/05/2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,956 · Current $2,956

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29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i): The employer did not establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure for employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1910.1030;   (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    Employees in the housekeeping and laundry departments were performing work duties, with reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material without the employer having a written exposure control plan in place.        WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i): Each employer who has an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall prepare an exposure determination to include information required in 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(ii)(A) through (c)(2)(ii)(C):    (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    Employees in the housekeeping and laundry departments were performing work duties, with reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material without the employer preparing an exposure determination.        WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(ii)(D): The employer did not make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who had occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who had an exposure incident according to recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service current at the time these evaluations and procedures took place, except as specified by paragraph (f) of this standard.  (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    All employees with reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious material were not offered the Hepatitis B vaccination within 10 working days of initial assignment.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not train each employee with occupational exposure to Bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious material, in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1030(g). The employer did not institute a training program or ensure employee participation in the program;  (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    All employees with reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious material were not provided adequate Bloodborne pathogen training by the employer.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(3)(ii): Employee training records were not provided upon request for examination and copying to employees, to employee representatives, to the Director, and to the Assistant Secretary;   (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    The employer failed to provide blood borne pathogen training records for employees in the housekeeping and laundry departments who were reasonably anticipated to have occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious material.        WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,956 · Current $2,956

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed, implemented, and maintained a written hazard communication program which at least describes the criteria specified in paragraphs (g), (g), and (h) and the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(I) and (e)(1)(II):   (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    The employer did not have a written hazard communication program for employees using hazardous chemicals including but not limited to bleach containing sodium hypochlorite and Peroxide Multi Surface Cleaner and disinfectant containing hydrogen peroxide.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    The employer did not maintain and provide to employees, copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical including but not limited to bleach containing sodium hypochlorite and Peroxide Multi Surface Cleaner and disinfectant containing hydrogen peroxide.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area:  (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    The employer did not provide hazardous communication information and training to employees who used hazardous chemicals including but not limited to bleach containing sodium hypochlorite and Peroxide Multi Surface Cleaner and disinfectant containing hydrogen peroxide.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): Each recordable injury or illness was not entered on the OSHA 300 Log and on an OSHA Form 301 or equivalent within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness had occurred;  (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433  The employer did not record all injuries occurring for calendar year 2017 on the OSHA 300 Log and OSHA Form 301 within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness had occurred.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Abate by

Jun 5, 2018

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 form or equivalent for privacy concern cases contained in section 1904.29(b)(7) of the Recordkeeping regulation.   (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433  The employer entered the employee's name on the OSHA 300 Form for needle stick injuries obtained by employees performing work duties.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1904.40(a): When an authorized government representative asked for the records kept under Part 1904, the employer did not provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours;  (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433  The employer did not provide copies of the requested OSHA 300 logs for calendar year 2017, to OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer(s) within four (4) business hours of the request being made.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i): The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps to contain at a minimum the components of 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)(A) through 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)(C);    (a) On or about December 5 2017, at Liberty Tuck LLC dba Day Inn and Suites located at 9565 Tuckerton Street, Jamaica, NY 11433    The employer did not maintain a sharps injury log containing information such as but not limited to device type, exposed employee department and incident explanation for employees exposed to needlestick injuries while performing work duties.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED