Stanislaus County: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 15, 2020: Employee with covid-19 infection is hospitalized

An employee was working as a social worker for a county behavioral services department. The employee teleworked most days but was mandated to be in the office one day per week. Occupancy levels in the office were approximately 50 percent and face masks were worn at all times. The three employees had separate cubicles and intermittent close contact happened at times during the day but normally social distancing was observed by all employees. The employee worked closely with two secretaries on the days she went into the office. One of the secretaries became COVID-19 positive and was quarantined from August 10-24, 2020 and then returned to work symptom free. The other secretary was deemed a close contact by county public health and quarantined from August 20, to September 8, 2020, but never tested positive. The employee was not asked to quarantine and last worked at the office on September 4, 2020. The employee's symptoms began on September 6, 2020, and she was hospitalized from September 15-18, 2020.

Incident on Nov 8, 2005: Employee fractures pelvis in fall from step stool

On November 8, 2005, Employee #1 was standing on a step stool and placing missin g books on a library shelf. Employee #1 stepped off the step stool and fell to t he ground, fracturing his pelvis. He was hospitalized.