OSHA Inspection: MEDSTAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:  (a)  On or about January 13, 2021, employees were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while performing housekeeping services in OR rooms that had been occupied by suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients, and the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring the use.   (b)  On or about January 25, 2021, employees were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while collecting registration or financial information from suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients upon admission, and the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring the use.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2):The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter:  MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:  (a)  On or about January 13, 2021, and continuing thereafter, the employer did not provide a fit test to all employees required to wear respirators. The employer required employees to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while performing housekeeping services in OR rooms that had been occupied by suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients.  (b)  On or about January 25, 2021, and continuing thereafter, the employer did not provide a fit test to all employees required to wear respirators.  The employer required employees to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while collecting registration or financial information from suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients upon admission.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A):Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  (a)	MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:  On or about January 25, 2021, employees were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while collecting registration or financial information from suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients upon admission, and the employer allowed an employee with a beard to wear a N95 filtering facepiece respirator.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134(k)(1)(i) - (vii):  MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:  (a)	On or about January 13, 2021, and continuing thereafter, employees were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while performing housekeeping services in OR rooms that had been occupied by suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients, and their respiratory protection training was limited to donning and doffing procedures.    (b)  On or about January 25, 2021, and continuing thereafter, employees were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against SARS-CoV-2 while collecting registration or financial information from suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients upon admission, and their respiratory protection training was limited to donning and doffing procedures.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,146 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(2):  The employer did not fill out or correctly fill out an OSHA Form 301 or equivalent for each recordable injury or illness:  MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:   On or about January 13, 2021,  the employer had not correctly or completely entered all of the required information on an OSHA  Form 301, or equivalent form, for cases including but not limited to:   (a)  Case #20185084 dated February 15, 2021, when an employee contracted a work-related respiratory illness resulting in 10 days away from work, and the lines for the completion date, the completed by, the title, and the phone were left blank.  There were numerous additional CY2020 and CY2021 cases with this same deficiency.   (b)  Item 10, the case number, was left blank for a case dated April 14, 2021 when an employee suffered a work-related needlestick injury.  There were numerous additional CY2020 and CY2021 cases with this same deficiency.   (c)  Item 17, the object or substance that directly harmed employee, was left blank for a privacy case dated April 2, 2021, that resulted in 10 days away from work, and also did not have a case number.  There were numerous additional CY2020 and CY2021 cases with this same deficiency.   (d)  Item 12, the time employee began work, was blank on all of the CY2020 and CY2021 forms including case #20185540 dated April 13, 2021, when an employee sustained a fractured nose resulting in 8 days away from work.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(7)(v):  Needlestick injuries and cuts from sharp objects that are contaminated with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material were not recorded on the OSHA 300 Log as a privacy case:  (a)	MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:   On or about March 11, 2021, the employer did not correctly record a calendar year 2021 OSHA 300 Log injury for a workplace injury (no case# ), when a Clinical Nurse was stuck in the left forearm with an IV Catheter needle being removed from a patient and the injury was not recorded as a privacy case.  There were numerous additional CY2020 and CY2021 cases with this same deficiency.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Abate by

Aug 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(8):  The employer classified other types of injuries and illnesses as privacy concern cases:  (a)	MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:   On or about February 1, 2021, the employer did not correctly fill out a CY 2021 OSHA 300 log entry for workplace injury case #20184954 when an employee strained their lower right back, resulting in 9 days away from work, and it was entered as a privacy case.  There were numerous additional CY2020 and CY2021 cases with this deficiency.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

Jul 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,146 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(1):  If your establishment had 250 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and this part requires your establishment to keep records, then you must electronically submit information from the three recordkeeping forms that you keep under this part (OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report) to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms.  (a)  MedStar Washington Hospital Center located at 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010:  On or about March 3, 2021, the employer failed during calendar year 2020, to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by 03/02/2021.  The establishment employed 7,135 employees during calendar year 2020.  NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION OR DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM