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Category Archives: Bloodborne Pathogens
Scenario: You have been hired as the Human Resource Manager for a company that supplies contract employees to healthcare facilities. In this position, you also have responsibility for employee safety. You start investigating what your employer has done previously for … Continue reading
OSHA fines Englewood, NJ, surgical center $68,000 for failing to protect workers exposed to bloodborne pathogen hazards CTO Management LLC, doing business as Health East Ambulatory Surgical Center in New Jersey has been cited with 10 serious violations for bloodborne … Continue reading
Workers exposed to biological hazards OSHA has cited Columbus-headquartered Atrium Centers LLC, which operates the Woodside Village Care Center in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, with four health violations for exposing workers to biological hazards at the nursing care facility. OSHA conducted … Continue reading
OSHA has cited Healthcare Services Group, Inc. with five safety violations – including three serious and two repeat – for exposing workers to multiple hazards at the Missoula Health and Rehabilitation Center, a skilled nursing home in Missoula, Montana. Proposed … Continue reading
Must You Include First Aid Providers in a Bloodborne Pathogens Program When Their First Aid Duties are a Collateral Duty to Their Regular Work? Scenario: You recently accepted a new position as plant safety manager with a medium-sized manufacturing company. … Continue reading
Mississippi correctional facility run by GEO Group, Inc. cited by OSHA for workplace violence and other hazards; over $104,000 in fines The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited The GEO Group Inc. with six safety … Continue reading
OSHA recently announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities to protect workers from serious safety and health hazards which are common in medical industries. Through this NEP, OSHA will target nursing homes and residential … Continue reading
$365,500 in Proposed Fines for Repeat Violations OSHA has cited Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for a total of 24 alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at its supercenter store No. 2859 in Rochester, NY. The Arkansas … Continue reading
37 Violations Received after Fatality OSHA cited Resource Management Cos. at its Earth City, MO recycling facility for 37 safety and health violations. An inspection was opened after a worker died from injuries sustained on June 12 when he entered … Continue reading
Market Basket Store Failed to Call Emergency Services after Employee Fall Injury CONCORD, NH – OSHA cited DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc., doing business as Market Basket, for 30 alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards at its stores … Continue reading
