OSHA Inspection: HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, INC.

Issued

Sep 17, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator in compliance with the conditions of its certification:  a) On or about 03/17/20 at the Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; employees, (such as but not limited to Registered Nurses), provided treatment or care to COVID-19 positive or Patients Under Investigation (PUI) and were required to wear tight fitting filtering facepiece respirators,(such as but not limited to respirators labels as KN-95 masks made in China), which were not NIOSH certified, exposing them to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 17, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model, or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter:       a) On or about 03/17/20 at the Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; employees, (such as but not limited to Patient Care Techs, Physical Therapists, Registered Nurses ) who provided treatment or care to COVID-19 positive or Patients Under Investigation (PUI), were required to use a tight-fitting respirator, and were not fit tested prior to wearing a N-95 (such as but not limited to 3M-1860, Halyard, Cardinal, Technol), exposing them to an increased risk of material impairment such as cardiovascular stress.           b) On or about 03/17/20 at the Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; employees, (such as but not limited to Registered Nurses) who provided treatment or care to COVID-19 positive or Patients Under Investigation (PUI) were required to wear different makes, sizes or style of tight fitting filtering facepiece respirators (KN-95 masks made in China and 3M masks) and were not given a either a qualitative or quantitative fit test prior to wearing these different size and style respirators exposing them to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.     c) On or about 03/17/20 at the Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; employees, (such as but not limited to Registered Nurses Patient Care Techs) who provided treatment (including aerosolized nebulizer treatments) or care to COVID-19 positive or Patients Under Investigation (PUI), were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators (3M-1860, Halyard, Cardinal, Technol ) and were not given an annual fit test exposing them to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 17, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,928 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.   a) On or about 04/11/20, at Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; employer did not enter a work related COVID-19 illness of an employee who worked on 1 East, resulting in days away from work beginning on 03/31/20 and returning to work on 04/19/20, on the site OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year 2020.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,639 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident   a) On or about 05/11/20 at the Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, employee who worked on 1 East Rehab died from complications due to COVID-19 illness, on 05/11/20 and employer reported the incident to OSHA on 05/26/20.     NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED