OSHA Inspection: MORGAN HILL SENIOR LIVING LLC

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Feb 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $3,881 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:    a) Facility wide: Employees were exposed to bloodborne pathogens while assisting residents in daily activities of living and providing medications and the employer did not have an Exposure Control Plan, on or about June 20, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Feb 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): The employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan, did not solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls and did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control plan:  a) Facility wide: Nurses and Medical Technicians used use needles and lancets to provide medications to residents and the employer did not solicit input on the sharps used from the employees, on or about June 20, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Nov 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i): The employer's exposure determination did not include the information required in 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i)(A) through (c)(2)(i)(C):  a) Facility wide: Employees were exposed to bloodborne pathogens while assisting residents in daily activities of living and providing medications and the employer did not complete an exposure determination with the information included in the standard, on or about June 20, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Nov 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not train each employee with occupational exposure in accordance with the requiremnts of this section:  a) Facility wide: Employees were exposed to bloodborne pathogens while assisting residents in daily activities of living and providing medications and the employer did not provide the employees with training as specified in the standard, on or about June 20, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Oct 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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:  a) Facility wide: Nurses and Medical Technicians used use needles and lancets to provide medications to residents and three employees sustained injuries from sharps and 2017. The facility did not maintain a Sharps Injury Log, on or about June 20, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Oct 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $3,881 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:    a) Facility wide: Employees requested the hepatitis B vaccine and the employer did not make available the vaccine within 10 working days, on or about June 20, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Dec 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,879 · Current $3,051 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:    a) Facility wide: Employees use various cleaning products including detergents bleaches and sanitizers and the employer did not have a written hazard communication program, on or about June 20, 2018.     Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 22, 2018

Abate by

Dec 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a) Facility wide: Employees use various cleaning products, detergents, bleach and sanitizers in the facility and the employer did not provide employees with information about the hazards of the chemicals in their work area, on or about June 20, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.