The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday with 15 safety violations, according to an article on the Arkansas Online website.
The hospital rectified the violations that same day, avoiding $184,700 in penalties.
The violations included not having adequate safety mechanisms on a table saw; not ensuring oxygen and acetylene cylinders have valve caps; failing to guard shafts, pulleys and belts; and failing to ensure contaminated needles were not recapped.
One hospital employee had suffered an injury related to a violation,. The employee had sustained an electrical shock and was treated, kept overnight for observation and returned to work the next day.
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