Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19101030 D02 VII Bloodborne pathogens.
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Inspection Nr: 1249801.015
Citation: 01003
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Status: Abatement Completed
Initial Penalty: $3,622.00
Current Penalty: $0.00
Issuance Date: 11/08/2017
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 7
Abatement Date: 12/28/2017
Gravity: 5
Report ID: 0729300
Contest Date: 12/01/2017
Final Order: 06/13/2018
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Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
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Penalty | R: Review Commission | 06/13/2018 | $0.00 | 12/28/2017 | Serious | |
Penalty | C: Contested | 01/09/2018 | $3,622.00 | 12/28/2017 | Serious | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 11/08/2017 | $3,622.00 | 12/28/2017 | Serious |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:
29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii): Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, or removed except as noted in paragraphs (d)(2)(vii)(A) and (d)(2)(vii)(B) below in that contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps were bent, recapped, removed, sheared, broken; and/or the employer did not demonstrate that no alternative was feasible or that such action was required by a specific medical or dental procedure: Where safer needle and scalpel devices were feasible, employer physicians recapped needles, and physicians and assistants removed scalpel blades during medical procedures. Abatement documentation is required for this violation.