OSHA Inspection: SUNNY ACRES NURSING HOME, INC.

Issued

Apr 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $12,288 · Current $8,000 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:  254 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA  a) On or about 10/15/20, a written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i)-(ix) was not developed and implemented for the required use of N95 respirators for employee protection while caring for positive and presumptively positive COVID-19 residents. Employees required to wear N95 respirators while caring for positive and presumptively positive COVID-19 residents were not medically evaluated or fit tested prior to the use of the respirators.

Issued

Apr 5, 2021

Abate by

May 10, 2021

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:  254 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA  a) On or about 10/15/20, medical evaluations were not completed for employees prior to the required use of N95 respirators for employee protection while caring for positive and presumptively positive COVID-19 patients, in order to determine whether employees could safely wear respirators.

Issued

Apr 5, 2021

Abate by

May 10, 2021

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:   254 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA  a) On or about 10/15/20, employees required to use N95 respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while working with COVID-19 positive or presumptively positive patients were not fit tested to ensure that the N95 respirator made a tight seal to the face, protecting employees from pathogens.

Issued

Apr 5, 2021

Abate by

May 10, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,756 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(1): A Log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed in the detail as required by the regulation:  On or about 10/5/20, the employer did not record specific details regarding employees that contracted COVID-19 while in the process of caring for COVID-19 positive or presumptively positive patients. From the time period of 10/5/20 to 11/25/20, 22 cases of COVID-19 resulted in days away from work, at least 10 of which worked directly with patients at the facility. The OSHA Form 300 did not provide detail regarding where these employees worked in the facility prior to their work-related illness.   Abatement Certification and Documentation is required

Issued

Apr 5, 2021

Abate by

May 10, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,756 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours.  On or about 10/30/20, the employer did not provide OSHA 300 and associated recordkeeping forms to an authorized government representative within four business hours. OSHA logs were officially requested through a request for documents on 11/6/20, and were not provided until December of 2020.    Abatement Certification and Documentation is required