Safety Report: Covid-19 OSHA Complaint, Riverside Pediatric Group, 232 Clinton St., HOBOKEN, NJ, 07030, USA

232 Clinton Street, Hoboken, 07030 New Jersey, United States

The facility now accepts and treats patients that may be Covid-19 presumptive, or positive, when prior such patients were not allowed or treated by the healthcare staff. These patients are symptomatic and are screened for illnesses such as strep throat, flu, and Covid-19. The facility does not have the layout or infrastructure to follow CDC guidelines to protect the employees from transmission and infection by Covid-19 from these patients. The sick patients are taken to the 2nd floor. However presumptive and possibly sick patients are not cohorted. This poses an increased hazard of Covid-19 transmission to the employees. 1. The staff are not divided into those who see well patients , and those who see the symptomatic patients that could be presumptive or Covid-19 positive. This increases the potential for employees to become infected and infect each other. 2. The employer has provided a product that says it is N-95, but it is possible it is a counterfeit. The respirator is of an asian manufacturer and the respirator does not have the NIOSH TC number on the box nor the respirator itself that are features of an actual NIOSH certified N-95 respirator. 3. The employer does not have an adequate respiratory protection program. The employees required to use N-95 respirators, it is mandatory to treat presumptive or Covid-19 positive patients, however the employees have not been given a medical evaluation, nor a fit test, to ensure they can use the N-95 respirator, and that its maximally effective. 4. The employees have not been given training in the use of the N-95 respirator, that includes how to don, doff, and fit check the N-95 respirator.

Alleged Hazards: 4, Employees Exposed: 10
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2021-01-27