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Georgetown Smile: OSHA inspections and violations

Washington, District of Columbia · Offices of Dentists · NAICS 621210

1inspections
11citation items
$5,280current penalties
Oct 29, 2015last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Georgetown Smile in District of Columbia one time.

It opened on Oct 29, 2015 after a complaint, in Washington.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 11 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $10,000; today they stand at $5,280, 47% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1030 (bloodborne pathogens), 7 times.

Among health care employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,050 penalty. Georgetown Smile averages $5,280 across 1 cited inspection.

Georgetown Smile: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341022812 OPENED OCT 29, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 8 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2018

4400 Macarthur Blvd, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007 · Offices of Dentists · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.141(g)(2) · Sanitation
 Serious$1,200$720Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$1,200$0Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$2,000$1,200Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)(b) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$2,000$1,200Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(a)(2)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$2,000$1,200Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(ii)(a) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,600$960Apr 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)

(iv) The Exposure Control Plan shall be reviewed and updated at least annually and whenever necessary to reflect new or modified tasks and procedures which affect occupational exposure and to reflect new or revised employee positions with occupational exposure. The review and update of such plans shall also:

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)(b)

(B) Document annually consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure.

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(v)

(v) An employer, who is required to establish an Exposure Control Plan shall solicit input from non-managerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries from contaminated sharps in the identification, evaluation, and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls and shall document the solicitation in the Exposure Control Plan.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.141 · Sanitation

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

Other offices of dentists employers in District of Columbia

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