OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL & IMPLANT SURGERY, P.C.

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2415.00 · Current $1208.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(ii): The employer's Exposure Control Plan did not contain at least the elements in 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(A) through (c)(1)(ii)(C):  Establishment: The employer did not develop a site-specific Exposure Control Plan which addressed the following elements of the standard:          A) The exposure determination required by paragraph (c)(2)     B)  The schedule and method of implementation for paragraphs:          (d) Methods of Compliance;         (f) Hepatitis B vaccination and Post-Exposure Evaluation;         (g) Communication of Hazards to Employees;         (h) Recordkeeping

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv): The Exposure Control Plan was not reviewed and updated at least annually and whenever necessary to reflect new or modified tasks and procedures which affect occupational exposure, to reflect new or revised employee positions with occupational exposure, to reflect changes in technology to eliminate or reduce exposure, and/or to document the annual consideration and implementation of appropriate safer medical devices designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure:  Establishment: The employer did not update the Exposure Control Plan on an annual basis.

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): An employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan shall 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 shall document the solicitation in the Exposure Control Plan.  Establishment: ON or about May 24, 2019, the section addressing the solicitation of input from non-managerial employees on effective engineering and work practice controls as well as safer needle devices within the site's Exposure Control Plan was blank.

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(2)(i): The employer's records for annual bloodborne pathogen training did not include all of the elements required by (h)(2)(i)(A)-(D) of 29 CFR 1910.1030:  Establishment: On or about 5/24/2019, training records provided by the employer did not include the following information required by the standard:  A) The dates of the training sessions;  B) The contents or a summary of the training sessions;  C) The names and qualifications of persons conducting the training;  D) The names and job titles of all persons attending the training sessions

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2415.00 · Current $1208.00 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:  Oral Surgery operatories: Contaminated disposable scalpel blades and extracted teeth are not immediately, or as soon as feasible, disposed of in a sharps container.

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1449.00 · Current $725.00 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:  Establishment: On or about may 24, 2019, a site-specific written hazard communication program had not been developed at the facility.

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The written hazard communication program did not include a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present, using an identity that was referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet:  Office: On or about May 24, 2019, the page in the hazard communication manual titled "List of Hazardous Chemicals for this Office" was blank.

Issued

2019-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemicals:  Operatory #6: On or about May 24, 2019, containers of Empower and Cavicide wipes were not labeled in accordance with standard as the there was no specific information provided regarding physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemicals  contained therein.