OSHA Inspection: BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING, INC.

Issued

Aug 26, 2022

Abate by

Oct 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $8,287 · Current $6,215 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:  a)  In the Facility, on or about July 12, 2022 - The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use a respirator in the workplace.  Employees were required to wear N95 respirators when working with patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Issued

Aug 26, 2022

Abate by

Oct 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(3):  Respirator training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  a)  In the Facility, on or about July 12, 2022 - The employer did not provide respirator training to employees who were required to use a respirator in the workplace.  Employees were required to wear N95 respirators when working with patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Issued

Aug 26, 2022

Abate by

Oct 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a)  In the Facility, on or about July 12, 2022 - The employer did not provide a fit test to employees prior to initial use of the respirator. Employees were required to wear N95 respirators when working with patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Issued

Aug 26, 2022

Abate by

Sep 15, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,072 · Current $1,554 Reduced

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:  a)   In the Facility, on or about June 2, 2022 - The employer did not record work-related COVID-19 illnesses which resulted in days away from work on the 2022 OSHA Injury and Illness Form 300 or equivalent.  The employer did not record the case which occurred on May 25, 2022 within seven (7) calendar days.

Issued

Aug 26, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,072 · Current $1,554 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(2):   If your establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses 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 form:   a) In the facility, on or about July 12, 2022 -  The employer failed during calendar year 2022, to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by March 2, 2022.    The establishment employed approximately 20 employees during calendar year 2021.

Issued

Aug 26, 2022

Abate by

Sep 15, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.502(q)(2)(ii)(A):  The establishment's COVID-19 log did not contain, the employee's name, one form of contact information, occupation, location where the employee worked, the date of the employee's last day at the workplace, the date of the positive test for, or diagnosis of, COVID-19, and the date the employee first had one or more COVID-19 symptoms, if any were experienced:  a)  In the Facility, on or about July 12, 2022 - The employer failed to ensure the COVID-19 log contained one form of contact information, and the employee's last day at the workplace for each entry on the Positive COVID-19 Staff List.