OSHA Inspection: ODD FELLOW-REBEKAH HOME, INC.

Issued

2022-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7458.00 · Current $5221.00 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:   Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home, Inc. located at 201 Lafayette Ave. E in Mattoon, IL.   On or about February 18, 2022 and times thereafter, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring use. The employer required employees to wear N95 respirators while near suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and after positive employee tests.

Issued

2022-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used and at least annually thereafter:   Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home, Inc. located at 201 Lafayette Ave. E in Mattoon, IL.   On or about February 18, 2022 and times thereafter, the employer did not ensure employees using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator make is used and at least annually thereafter. The employer required employees to wear N95 respirators while near suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and after positive employee tests.

Issued

2022-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-30 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:  Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home, Inc. located at 201 Lafayette Ave. E in Mattoon, IL.   On or about February 18, 2022 and times thereafter, the employer did not ensure employees received a fit test using an OSHA-accepted QLFT or QNFT protocol as contained in appendix A of the standard. Employees with facial hair that interfered with the seal of the respirator were passed through a qualitative test and not refitted and retested. The employer required employees to wear N95 respirators while near suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and after positive employee tests.

Issued

2022-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home, Inc. located at 201 Lafayette Ave. E in Mattoon, IL.   On or about February 18, 2022 and times thereafter, the employer did not prohibit employees with facial hair that interfered with the seal of the N95 respirator from wearing an N95. The employer required employees to wear N95 respirators while near suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and after positive employee tests.

Issued

2022-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5)(ii): Retraining was not conducted when inadequacies in the employee's knowledge or use of the respirator indicated that the employee did not retain the necessary training or skill:   Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home, Inc. located at 201 Lafayette Ave. E in Mattoon, IL.   On or about February 18, 2022 and times thereafter, employees wore N95 respirators with facial hair that interfered with the seal of the respirator and employer did not ensure employees retained the necessary training that N95 respirators are not to be used when facial hair interferes with the seal of the respirator to the face. The employer required employees to wear N95 respirators while near suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and after positive employee tests.