The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., for 14 violations of workplace health and safety standards following an OSHA inspection, according to an OSHA news release.
The hospital also faces a total $48,000 in proposed fines.
OSHA's inspection found Interfaith Medical Center failed to provide adequate asbestos training for environmental staff and employees in the engineering department who perform demolition and renovation. Other deficiencies include the following:
• Failure to inform outside contractors of the presence of potentially asbestos-containing material in and around their work area
• Failure to properly label asbestos-containing insulation and floor tile
• Allowing disposal of asbestos-containing material in the hospital dumpster
• Failure to train trade employees on the hazards; provide them with material data safety sheets; and develop a written hazard communication program for cleaners, lubricants, acetylene, naptha and other hazardous chemicals
The inspection also found improper storage of compressed gas cylinders and electric shock hazards from exposed and improperly spliced wiring. These conditions resulted in the issuance of citations for 10 serious violations with $44,000 in proposed fines. Four other violations with $4,000 in fines were cited for incomplete illness and injury logs from 2007-2010.
Read the OSHA news release about citations against Interfaith Medical Center.
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The hospital also faces a total $48,000 in proposed fines.
OSHA's inspection found Interfaith Medical Center failed to provide adequate asbestos training for environmental staff and employees in the engineering department who perform demolition and renovation. Other deficiencies include the following:
• Failure to inform outside contractors of the presence of potentially asbestos-containing material in and around their work area
• Failure to properly label asbestos-containing insulation and floor tile
• Allowing disposal of asbestos-containing material in the hospital dumpster
• Failure to train trade employees on the hazards; provide them with material data safety sheets; and develop a written hazard communication program for cleaners, lubricants, acetylene, naptha and other hazardous chemicals
The inspection also found improper storage of compressed gas cylinders and electric shock hazards from exposed and improperly spliced wiring. These conditions resulted in the issuance of citations for 10 serious violations with $44,000 in proposed fines. Four other violations with $4,000 in fines were cited for incomplete illness and injury logs from 2007-2010.
Read the OSHA news release about citations against Interfaith Medical Center.
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