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Bio-Reference Laboratories: OSHA inspections and violations

Elmwood Park, New Jersey · Medical Laboratories · NAICS 621511

3inspections
5citation items
$7,157current penalties
Apr 20, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bio-Reference Laboratories 3 times in New Jersey since 2011.

The latest one began on Apr 20, 2018 after a complaint, in Elmwood Park.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,543 and now stand at $7,157, 16% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for health care employers since 2015 is $1,050, and Bio-Reference Laboratories averages $4,157 (1 cited inspection).

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $2,418 in back wages owed to workers.

Bio-Reference Laboratories: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343106779 OPENED APR 20, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 505 employees at the site · Closed Sep 4, 2018

487 Edward H. Ross Drive, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 · Medical Laboratories · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Serious$5,543$4,157Aug 3, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 3, 2018Final

Inspection 339772287 OPENED MAY 19, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 1,000 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2014

481 Edward H. Ross Dr., Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 · Medical Laboratories · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 314676172 OPENED JAN 28, 2011Open

Complaint · Partial · Health · 1,200 employees at the site · Open

481 Edward H. Ross Dr., Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 · Medical Laboratories · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$3,000$3,000Apr 15, 2011Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iiib)(2) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 15, 2011Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Apr 15, 2011Final

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Jan 20, 2019 to Jan 20, 2021
Elmwood Park
88$2,418$0

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1904.40 · Giving injury records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.40(a)

(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iiib)(2)

(B) An air-purifying respirator, provided that:

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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