WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 179 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $2,496,768. OSHA inspections have resulted in the agency citing employers for violations, including failures to: * Implement a written respiratory protection program ; * Provide a medical evaluation, respirator fit test, training on the proper use of a respirator and personal protective equipment; * Report an injury, illness or fatality; * Record an injury or illness on OSHA recordkeeping forms ; and * Comply with the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 OSHA has already announced citations relating to the coronavirus arising out of 144 inspections, which can be found at dol.gov/newsroom. In addition to those inspections, the 35 inspections below have resulted in coronavirus-related citations totaling $471,337 from OSHA relating to one or more of the above violations from Oct. 23 to Oct. 29, 2020. OSHA provides more information about individual citations at its Establishment Search website , which it updates periodically.
Establishment Name Inspection Number City State Initial Penalty Riverside Health Care Center Inc.
1487141 East Hartford Connecticut $11,567 Forty Six Twenty One Corp. Inc.
1474792 Chicago Illinois $8,675 Little Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC 1477798 Chicago Illinois $9,446 City View Multicare Center LLC 1475125 Cicero Illinois $12,145 Attleboro Medical Investors LLC 1487954 Attleboro Massachusetts $24,097 Steward Holy Family Hospital Inc.
1475984 Haverhill Massachusetts $20,820 Marlboro Hills MA SNF LLC 1474928 Marlborough Massachusetts $25,061 LCB Senior Living LLC 1473461 Wayland Massachusetts $13,494 Job Haines Home for Aged People Inc.
1473237 Bloomfield New Jersey $12,145 HCSG Staff Leasing Solutions LLC 1481470 Burlington New Jersey $13,494 St. Mary’s Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare 1486247 Cherry Hill New Jersey $16,193 Greenbrook Manor Care & Rehabilitation Center LLC 1493348 Green Brook New Jersey $23,133 Hackensack Meridian Health Nursing & Rehab-Regent Care Center 1486544 Hackensack New Jersey $13,494 Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corp.
1472295 Hackensack New Jersey $13,494 New Jersey Addiction Treatment Center LLC 1473911 Lafayette New Jersey $26,988 Lakewood Resource and Referral Center Inc 1474345 Lakewood New Jersey $13,494 Family of Care Healthcare at Montclair LLC 1484158 Montclair New Jersey $12,145 Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center 1473469 Neptune New Jersey $23,133 Valley View Rehabilitation & Health Care Center LLC 1493104 Newton New Jersey $9,446 Holland Christian Home Association 1473342 North Haledon New Jersey $12,145 Alameda Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation 1494010 Perth Amboy New Jersey $12,145 Alameda Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation 1494013 Perth Amboy New Jersey $12,145 Virtua-West Jersey Health System Inc.
1473925 Voorhees New Jersey $13,494 ManorCare Health Services 1475560 West Deptford New Jersey $10,410 American Medical Response 1477156 Bronx New York $9,639 Concourse Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 1487171 Bronx New York $9,639 Meadowbrook Care Center Inc.
1485043 Freeport New York $12,145 Fulton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare 1475963 Gloversville New York $13,494 East Northport Residential Health Care Facility Inc.
1487374 Melville New York $0 150 Riverside Op. LLC 1473664 New York New York $13,494 Mercy Medical Center 1473958 Rockville Centre New York $9,639 735 Putnam Pike Operations LLC 1477127 Greenville Rhode Island $15,422 Quality Sausage Company LLC 1473273 Dallas Texas $11,567 Quality Sausage Company LLC 1474954 Dallas Texas $11,567 Quality Sausage Company LLC 1475435 Dallas Texas $1,928 A full list of what standards were cited for each establishment – and the inspection number – are available here. An OSHA standards database can be found here.
Resources are available on the agency’s COVID-19 webpage to help employers comply with these standards.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
The mission of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.
