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Universal Ems: OSHA inspections and violations

Grand Blanc, Michigan · Ambulance Services · NAICS 621910

1inspections
5citation items
$1,000current penalties
Aug 6, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Universal Ems once in Michigan.

The inspection began on Aug 6, 2015 after a complaint, in Grand Blanc.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,000 and still stand at $1,000.

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 Universal Ems averages $1,000 (1 cited inspection).

Universal Ems: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340818129 OPENED AUG 6, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 62 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 2017

3089 Tri-park Dr, Grand Blanc, MI 48439 · Ambulance Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$1,000$1,000Sep 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Sep 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Sep 22, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.22129(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 22, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 22, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i)

(i) An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in appendix D to this section (“Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard”); and

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