OSHA Inspection: SOMERSET DENTAL GROUP

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1386.00 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 designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure:   FACILITY    On, or about May 2, 2018, the employer did not establish and implement a written Exposure Control Plan designed to reduce or eliminate employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens when employees were exposed to bodily fluids such as, but not limited to, blood, while performing dental activities.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(3)(i): When there was occupational exposure, the employer did not provide, at no cost to the employee, appropriate personal protective equipment such as, but not limited to, gloves, gowns, laboratory coats, face shields, masks, eye protection, and mouthpieces, resuscitation bags, pocket masks, or other ventilation devices:   FACILITY    On, or about May 2, 2018, the employer failed to provide and require employees to use puncture resistant gloves when employees cleaned sharp dental instruments contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious material.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1096(d)(1): The employer did not make such surveys as necessary to evaluate the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal or presence of radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions:  FACILITY    On, or about May 2, 2018, the employer failed to evaluate through a survey, the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal or presence of radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions when employees operated radiation generating equipment such as, but not limited to the GENDEX GX-770, used to generate dental x-rays.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1096(d)(2): Appropriate personnel monitoring or equipment such as film badges, pocket chambers, pocket dosimeters of film rings were not supplied to or required to be used by employee(s) as described in 29 CFR 1910.1096(d)(2)(i),(d)(2)(ii) and (d)(2)(iii):(a) (IDENTIFY LOCATION(S))Note:     FACILITY    On, or about May 2, 2018, employees that operated X-ray equipment, such as the GENDEX GX-770, which generated ionizing radiation, were not supplied monitoring equipment.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   FACILITY    On, or about May 2, 2018, the employer failed to develop or implement a written hazard communication program when employees worked with SPOROX II, a corrosive chemical, used in the cold sterile process which contained hydrogen peroxide and phosphoric acid.

Issued

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

229 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein:   On, or about May 2, 2018, the following containers were not labeled, tagged or marked with its contents and hazard warning:    a) a container  reported to contain SPOROX II, which contained hydrogen peroxide and phosphoric acid, and corrosive, with a pH of 1.8.    b) a container, reported to contain isopropyl alcohol, which is flammable and a skin irritant.