OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN FAMILY CARE, INC

Issued

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(B): The employer did not ensure that the training was provided to employees with occupational exposure at least annually:   On or about June 18, 2014: The employees providing patient care at the American Family Care facility located at 6440 Bells Ferry Road are exposed to bloodborne pathogens and other potentially infectious material.  The clinic manager had received BBP training on 10/23/12 after starting with the company but did not receive it annually thereafter.

Issued

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)(A): The sharps injury log did not contain the type and brand of device involved in the incident:     On or about June 18, 2014:  Employees working in the facility located at 6440 Bells Ferry Road and providing patient care are exposed to bloodborne pathogens.  The sharps log did not state the type and brand of the needle that caused the stick.

Issued

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i)(C): The employer did not maintain a sharps injury log that contained at a minimum an explanation of how the incident occurred:   On or about June 18, 2014:   Employees working in the facility located at 6440 Bells Ferry Road and providing patient care are exposed to bloodborne pathogens.  The sharps log did not provide an explanation of how the incident occurred.

Issued

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1096(d)(1): The employer did not make such surveys as necessary to evaluate the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal or presence of radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions:   On or about June 18, 2014: Employees working in the facility located at 6440 Bells Ferry Road and performing x-rays are potentially exposed to radiation.  The employer did not evaluate the radiation exposure.

Issued

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1096(d)(2)(i): The employer did not supply appropriate personnel monitoring equipment, such as film badges, pocket chambers, pocket dosimeters, or film rings, and/or require the use of such equipment by each employee who entered a restricted area under such circumstances that he received or was likely to receive a dose in any calendar quarter in excess of 25 percent of the applicable value specified in 29 CFR 1910.1096(b)(1):    On or about June 18, 2014: Employees working in the facility located at 6440 Bells Ferry Road and performing x-rays are potentially exposed to radiation.  The employer did not provide appropriate employee monitoring equipment such as, but not limited to film badges.

Issued

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(i): The employer did not determine or implement an appropriate written schedule for cleaning or method of decontamination based upon the location within the facility, type of surface to be cleaned, type of soil present, and tasks or procedures being performed in the area:   On or about June 18, 2014:  Employees working in the facility located at 6440 Bells Ferry Road and providing patient care are exposed to bloodborne pathogens.  The employer did not have a written cleaning schedule established for the clinic.