Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104367578 - Baltimore Association For Retarded Citizens

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 104367578

Report ID: 0352470

Date Opened: 11/30/1988

Site Address:
Baltimore Association For Retarded Citizens
1645 Ridgley Street
Baltimore, MD 21230

Mailing Address:
7215 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:8331

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 02/03/1989

Emphasis: L:Blood

Case Closed: 03/28/1989

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360214308

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$690	$0	$0	$0	$0	$690
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	890032 A	03/03/1989	03/06/1989	$690	$690	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	02001	Other	09123107 A 1	03/03/1989	04/03/1989	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 825653

Event: 10/06/1988

Program aide contracts hepatitis B, probably from client

Employee #1 was a program technician's aide who worked with clients with different levels of mental retardation. She taught life/community skills mobility and assisted with personal care needs when necessary. Employee #1 developed hepatitis B; this diagnosis was confirmed at the local hospital. Mentally retarded clients are known to have a higher prevalence of hepatitis B than the general population. Clients often exhibit aggressive and assaulting behavior toward other clients and aides. CDC considers the risk to be on a par with hospital workers. Training for prevention of transmission of HBV and HIV was lacking, although gloves were available. Employee #1 cannot specify the incident that caused her to contract the disease.

Keywords: HEPATITIS, GLOVE, WORK RULES, UNTRAINED, INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104367578			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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