The VA Connecticut Healthcare System’s West Haven Campus has been cited by federal workplace safety regulators for exposing employees to 20 on-the-job hazards, including seven that investigators deemed serious, according to an article on the New Haven Register website.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration found:
• Locked or obstructed emergency exit routes.
• Locked and unmarked emergency exits.
• Lack of guardrails around open pits.
• Absent or inadequate procedures, equipment, training and inspections to prevent unintended activation of machinery during servicing or maintenance.
• Inadequately protected bench grinders.
• Electrical hazards.
OSHA also found floors not maintained in dry and clean condition; unlabeled containers of potentially hazardous chemicals; damaged electrical cords; and failing to de-energize electrical circuits before working on them.
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