OSHA Inspection: ALTAMONTE CARE OF HOUSTON SOUTHEAST LLC

Issued

2023-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6026.00 · Current $6026.00

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) On or about February 23, 2023, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring the use. The employer required employees to wear respirators while providing care to suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and when performing other healthcare support services inside of a nursing facility.

Issued

2023-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-29 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:   a) On or about February 23, 2023, the employer did not provide a fit test to all employees required to wear respirators. The employer required employees to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus while providing care to suspected and confirmed positive COVID-19 residents and when performing other healthcare support services inside of a nursing facility.

Issued

2023-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1128.00 · Current $1128.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1)(ii): The written program did not contain provisions for medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators:  a) On or about February 23, 2023, at a nursing facility, medical evaluations were not included in the written respiratory protection program.

Issued

2023-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1)(iii): The written program did not contain fit test procedures for tight-fitting respirators:  a) On or about February 23, 2023, at a nursing facility, where fit testing procedures were not included in the written respiratory protection program.

Issued

2023-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-08-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1)(ix): The written respiratory protection program did not contain procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program:  a) On or about February 23, 2023, at a nursing facility, where program evaluation procedures were not included in the written respiratory protection program.