OSHA Inspection: SWEENY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Issued

2022-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9324.00 · Current $4662.00 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) Sweeny Community Hospital, dba Sweeny Hospital District located at 305 North McKinney St., Sweeny, TX 77480.  On or about September 23, 2021, 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 respirators throughout their shifts while exposed to suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients.

Issued

2022-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:  a) Sweeny Community Hospital, dba Sweeny Hospital District located at 305 North McKinney St., Sweeny, TX 77480.  On or about September 23, 2021, the employer did not provide an annual fit test  for all employees required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators. The employer required employees to wear respirators throughout their shifts while exposed to suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 patients.

Issued

2022-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9324.00 · Current $4662.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.502(c)(1):The employer did not develop and implement a COVID-19 plan for each workplace with all the required site specific information:  a) Sweeny Community Hospital, dba Sweeny Hospital District located at 305 North McKinney St., Sweeny, TX 77480.  On or about September 23, 2021, the employer failed to develop and implement a COVID-19 plan to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Employees working in the Emergency Room providing care to suspected and/or confirmed COVID-19 patients, were not provided with the required site-specific information, such as adequate workplace-specific policies and procedures.

Issued

2022-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1047.00 · Current $524.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.502(q)(2)(ii):The employer did not establish and maintain a COVID-19 log to record each instance in which an employee was COVID-19 positive, regardless of whether the instance is connected to exposure to COVID-19 at work:  a) Sweeny Community Hospital, dba Sweeny Hospital District located at 305 North McKinney St., Sweeny, TX 77480.  On or about September 23, 2021, the employer failed to establish and maintain a COVID-19 log to record each instance in which an employee was COVID-19 positive, regardless of whether the instance was connected to exposure to COVID-19 at work.

Issued

2022-03-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1047.00 · Current $524.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.502(r)(1)(i):The employer did not report to OSHA each work-related COVID-19 fatality within 8 hours of the employer learning about the fatality:  a) Sweeny Community Hospital, dba Sweeny Hospital District located at 305 North McKinney St., Sweeny, TX 77480.  On or about September 21, 2021, an employee died of COVID-19. The employer did not report the work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours.  The employer reported the death to OSHA on September 22, 2021.