{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-032","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, OSHA, Region 2 (federal agency; enforcement record)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA Parsippany Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs","authority":"29 U.S.C. 658, 666","instrument":"OSHA citations of Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc., North Bergen, New Jersey (two serious, one other-than-serious; proposed penalty $28,070), announced Sept. 11, 2020","title":"U.S. Department of Labor Cites Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care for Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-09-11","effective":"2020-09-11","end":"15 business days to contest (Sept. 2020)","startDate":"2020-09-11","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc. (long-term care)"],"clause":"The U.S. Department of Labor\u0027s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc. OSHA issued two serious citations and one other-than-serious violation for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at its North Bergen, New Jersey, facility. OSHA proposed a penalty of $28,070 for the violations. Based on a coronavirus-related inspection, OSHA cited Hackensack Meridian Health for a serious violation for failure to provide respirators to resident-care employees for a period of time in March 2020. Employees were caring for residents who were exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus.","enforcement":"Proposed penalty $28,070; the company has 15 business days to comply, request an informal conference or contest before the OSHRC","functions":["IC respirator provision in residential care","OP reporting of hospitalizations","HR"],"notes":"Example of the 2020 Q3 enforcement sweep against long-term-care employers under 29 C.F.R. 1910.134 and 1904.39.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20200911-0","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201001084512/https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20200911-0","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":248968,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-032","citation":"OSHA Parsippany Area Office; DOL Office of Public Affairs, OSHA citations of Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc., North Bergen, New Jersey (two serious, one other-than-serious; proposed penalty $28,070), announced Sept. 11, 2020 (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-032)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-021"]}