Following safety regulations isn’t just the right thing to do—it keeps employers on the right side of OSHA enforcement and saves money by avoiding fines, legal fees, and more. Keep reading to learn about seven companies that ran afoul of OSHA regulations and paid the price.
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Hospital fined for needlestick injuries
In October 2015, an OSHA inspector investigating a complaint at a hospital reviewed the facility’s OSHA 300 logs and found an unusual number of needlestick injuries and bloodborne pathogen exposure incidents. The hospital was issued with nine serious citations for failing to provide employee training on the hazards of methylene chloride, monitor employees exposed to methylene chloride, immediately discard sharps in appropriate containers, and ensure that its bloodborne pathogen program included engineering controls to prevent needlesticks. The hospital was also cited with several other-than-serious violations for incomplete OSHA 300 logs, failure to fit-test temporary workers for respirators, and other issues.