OSHA Inspection: DR. FAN WANG

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i): The employer having employee(s) with occupational exposure did not establish a written Exposure Control Plan designated to eliminate or minimize employee exposure:    On or about December 06, 2017, at the clinic, medical assistants were occupationally exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials without the employer having established a written Exposure Control Plan.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee with occupational exposure participated in a training program:   On or about December 06, 2017, at the clinic, medical assistants were occupationally exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials without being given bloodborne pathogens training.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not easily accessible to personnel or located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where sharps were used or could be reasonably anticipated to be found:    On or about December 06, 2017 at the clinic,  the sharps container for exam room 1 was sitting on metal shelf in the hallway outside of the work area.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(iii): During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not replaced routinely or were allowed to be overfilled:  On or about December 06, 2017 in the vitals room, the countertop sharps container was overfilled.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(i): Hepatitis B vaccination was not made available within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employee(s) with occupational exposure:    On or about December 06, 2017, at the clinic, employees with occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials were not offered the Hepatitis B vaccination within 10 days.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   On or about December 06, 2017 at the clinic, where employees were exposed to chemical hazards when using items such as, but not limited to, Kirkland Signature Disinfecting Wipes, Henry Schein alcohol prep pads, and Clorox clean-up cleaner and bleach without the employer having developed a hazard communication program.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:  On or about December 06, 2017 at the clinic, where employees were exposed to chemical hazards when using items such as, but not limited to, Kirkland Signature Disinfecting Wipes, Henry Schein alcohol prep pads, and Clorox clean-up cleaner and bleach without the employer having a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical used.

Issued

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-23 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:   On or about December 06, 2017 at the clinic, where employees were exposed to chemical hazards when using items such as, but not limited to, Kirkland Signature Disinfecting Wipes, Henry Schein alcohol prep pads, and Clorox clean-up cleaner and bleach without the employer having provided training to workers on hazardous chemicals in their work area.