WASHINGTON, DC – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Nov. 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued 204 citations arising from inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $2,856,533. 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forms ; and * Comply with the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 OSHA has withdrawn a citation issued on Oct. 23, 2020, to Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, New York, (Inspection #1473958 with proposed penalty of $9,639) after the employer provided evidence of a good faith attempt at complying with the standard in question.
OSHA has already announced citations relating to the coronavirus arising out of 178 inspections, which can be found at dol.gov/newsroom. In addition to those inspections, the 26 inspections below have resulted in coronavirus-related citations totaling $369,404 from OSHA relating to one or more of the above violations from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, 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 The Cleaning Company Inc.
1483403 East Haven Connecticut $6,940 Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Inc.
1476231 New London Connecticut $15,422 Butterfield Health Care VIII LLC 1474191 Bolingbrook Illinois $12,145 Geneva Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC 1474458 Geneva Illinois $13,494 The Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center Inc.
1488985 Boston Massachusetts $16,193 South Shore Medical Investors LLC 1478069 Scituate Massachusetts $13,494 Grand Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 1474377 Saint Louis Missouri $12,145 Hamilton Operator LLC 1488528 Hamilton Square New Jersey $13,494 Hazlet Garden Group 1486252 Hazlet New Jersey $13,359 Mystic Meadows Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 1486441 Little Egg Harbor Twp.
New Jersey $32,965 Elmwood Evesham Associates LLC 1487353 Marlton New Jersey $12,145 Montclair Hospital LLC 1473011 Montclair New Jersey $13,494 Prime Healthcare Services-St. Michael’s LLC 1479171 Newark New Jersey $25,061 Optimize Manpower Solutions Inc.
1470599 South Plainfield New Jersey $5,000 Family of Caring LLC 1473777 Woodcliff Lake New Jersey $12,145 Boro Park Operating Co. LLC 1488796 Brooklyn New York $26,989 Boro Park Operating Co. LLC 1488814 Brooklyn New York $11,567 Buffalo General Medical Center 1474063 Buffalo New York $1,928 Rego Park NHLTD 1488595 Flushing New York $13,494 Forest Manor Inc.
1487472 Glen Cove New York $13,494 Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp.
1475704 New York New York $13,494 Bayada Home Health Care Inc.
1480129 New York New York $8,675 Schnur Operations Associates LLC 1488554 White Plains New York $12,145 Cold Spring Hill Acquisition LLC 1487532 Woodbury New York $25,061 Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital 1474193 Warren Ohio $13,494 Athena Health Care Systems 1487891 Woonsocket Rhode Island 11567 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.
