Safety Report: Covid-19 OSHA Complaint, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, 350 Hawthorne Ave., OAKLAND, CA, 94609, USA
4 years ago • business
Regulatory Report
350 Hawthorne Avenue, Oakland, 94609 California, United States
1. The employer is failing to maintain their respiratory protection program. The employer is failing to ensure that employees use the proper respiratory protection in the workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee. The employer is failing to adhere to an employee's medical doctor's note (02/01/2021) that the employee shall be able to use a PAPR per his request of areas in the hospital instead of an N95 due to his medical condition in relation to possible exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace. T8 CCR 5144(c)(1) and 5144(e )(6)(A) 2. The employer is failing to maintain their respiratory protection program in that certain program elements may be required for voluntary use to prevent potential hazards associated with the use of the respirator. The employer has approved an employee to use a PAPR but is not allowing the employee to use his own, which would ensure prevention of potential hazards, such as cross contamination from one employee to another and risk possible COVID-19 exposure. The employee does have a 3M 300 NIOSH-approved PAPR and does not trust the employer that a shared PAPR would be cleaned properly for use between multiple employees. T8 CCR 5144(c) and 5144(h)(1)(B)Alleged Hazards: 2, Employees Exposed: 1
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2021-02-10
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