OSHA Inspection: FAIRPORT BAPTIST HOMES

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Abate by

Mar 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $7,052 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)(B): The review and update of the exposure control plan did not document annually consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure:  a) Throughout facility - On or about 11/16/23, the employer's Exposure Control Plan did not document consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices.  The facility has documented needlestick injuries.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Abate by

Mar 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v): The employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan, did not solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls and did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control plan:  a) Throughout Facility - On or about 11/16/23, the employer did not solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls and did not document the solicitation in the Exposure Control plan.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Penalty

Initial $7,052 · Current $7,052

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(d)(2)(i): Engineering and work practice controls were not used to eliminate or minimize employees exposure.  a) Throughout Facility - On or about 11/16/23, needles/syringes, used to administer insulin, were not sharps with engineered sharps injury protection.  NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Abate by

Mar 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $7,052 · Current $7,052

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(g)(2)(vii):The employer's training program did not contain each of the minimum elements required by 29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(A) through (g)(2)(vii)(N):  a) Throughout facility - On or about 11/16/23, the employer's training program did not include the following elements:      1) An accessible copy of the regulatory text of this standard and an explanation of its contents.      2) An explanation of the employer's exposure control plan and the means by which the employee can obtain a copy of the written            plan.      3) Information on the hepatitis B vaccination, including information on its efficacy, safety, method of administration, the benefits of            being vaccinated, and that the vaccine and vaccination will be offered free of charge.      4) An explanation of medical follow up that will be made available following an exposure incident.      5) Information on post-exposure evaluation and follow-up that the employer is required to provide for the employee following an            exposure incident.      6) An explanation of the signs and labels and/or color coding required.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Penalty

Initial $7,052 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(h)(5): 29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i):  The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.   a) Employee Health - On or about 2/21/23, the employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.7(b)(3): When an injury or illness involved one or more days away from work, the employer did not record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for cases involving days away and an entry of the number of calendar days away from work in the number of days away column:  a) Office - On or about 11/16/23, a back injury occurring on 8/8/23 which resulted in days away from work, was not recorded on the OSHA 300 log for 2023. b) Office - On or about 11/16/23, a knee injury occurring on 8/24/23 which resulted in days away from work, was not recorded on the OSHA 300 log for 2023.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 7, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(c)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that a copy of the Exposure Control Plan was accessible to employees, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1020(e): a) Throughout Facility - On or about 11/16/23, a copy of the employer's Exposure Control Plan was not accessible in the workplace.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED