BOSTON, MA —
OSHA Inspection: THE EDGAR P. BENJAMIN HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC.
Federal Agency inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency health inspection of THE EDGAR P. BENJAMIN HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC. in 120 FISHER AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02120 (NAICS 623110). OSHA activity number 344889852.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- THE EDGAR P. BENJAMIN HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC.
- Site address
- 120 FISHER AVENUE
- City
- BOSTON
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02120
- Mailing
- 120 FISHER AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02120
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 623110
- Employees
- 95
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2020
- Abate by
- Dec 29, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $9,446 · Current $6,612 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: Facility: A written respirator program was not developed and implemented where the use of respiratory protection including, but not limited to N95 respirators , was required for employee exposed to COVID-19 virus while providing care to presumed and confirmed COVID-19 positive residents.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $6612
- — Z (S) $9446
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2020
- Abate by
- Dec 29, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: Facility: Where N95 filtering face piece respirators were required to be worn by employees exposed to the COVID-19 virus while providing care to presumed and confirmed COVID-19 positive residents, medical evaluations were not provided.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 F02
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2020
- Abate by
- Dec 29, 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: Facilities: Employees were required to wear N95 respirators while providing care such care as, feeding, washing, dressing and other personal care for residents who had tested positive for COVID-19, and they were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1904.39 A01
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $6,747 · 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 Facility: On or about 05/08/2020, a COVID-19 workplace fatality was not reported to OSHA within 8-hours as required. An employee passed away on 05/08/2020 and the employer received notification of the employee's death on May 10, 2020. As of August 19, 2020 , OSHA had not been notified of the fatality.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $6747
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 344889852.
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