OSHA Inspection: PECAN TREE PEDIATRICS, P.A.

Issued

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6827.00 · Current $4096.00 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:  (a) The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures for respirator use that included all provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix).  The employer required employees to wear filtering facepiece respirators to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus while providing care to suspected COVID-19 patients.

Issued

2021-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(5): The fit test was not administered using an OSHA-accepted qualitative fit test or quantitative fit test protocol:   (a) The employer required employees to wear filtering facepiece respirators to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus while providing care to suspected COVID-19 patients, and those employees received a qualitative fit test that was not done in accordance with the procedures in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.134.