OSHA Inspection: U.S. DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Issued

Dec 3, 2021

Abate by

Dec 27, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.502(h)(1):The employer did not ensure that each employee was separated from all other people by at least 6 feet when indoors when such physical distancing was feasible.  a) W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center, located at 1601 Brenner Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144, on or about August 2, 2021, in the Ultrasound Tech Area (Room 2072) on the 2nd floor of the general medical and surgical in-patient facility, Building #2, the employer failed to ensure that each employee was separated from all other people by at least 6 feet when indoors to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Ultrasound technicians who were working at their computer stations were approximately 4 feet apart.

Issued

Dec 3, 2021

Abate by

Dec 27, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.502(l)(3)(i)(B): The employer did not notify all other employees, who were not wearing a respirator and any other required PPE and worked in a well-defined portion of a workplace in which a person with COVID-19 was present, of the date(s) the person with COVID-19 was in the workplace during the potential transmission period.   a) W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center, located at 1601 Brenner Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144, on or about August 9 and 10, 2021, in the imaging department on the 2nd floor of the general medical and surgical in-patient facility, Building #2, the employer failed to notify all other employees, who were not wearing respirators and any other required PPE worked in a well-defined portion of a workplace in which a person with COVID-19 was present, of the date(s) the person with COVID-19 was in the workplace during the potential transmission period.

Issued

Dec 3, 2021

Abate by

Dec 27, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    W.G. Bill Hefner VA Medical Center, located at 1601 Brenner Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144, on or about September 9, 2021, the employer did not record the following workplace injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year 2021.  a) A specialty clinic employee who tested positive for COVID-19 on August 19, 2021 due to a work-related exposure and had days away from work. b) An emergency department employee who tested positive for COVID-19 on August 16, 2021 due to a work-related exposure and had days away from work. c) A nursing employee who tested positive for COVID-19 on August 11, 2021 due to a work-related exposure and had days away from work. d) A supply chain employee who tested positive on August 2, 2021 due to a work-related exposure and had days away from work. e) An engineering employee who tested positive on July 26, 2021 due to a work-related exposure and had days away from work.