Employee Manual 2023 - Flipbook - Page 67
APPENDIX C:
EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN - BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS
(OSHA Section 1910.1030)
General Policy Statement:
This written plan has been developed by the City of Plymouth in partial fulfillment of the provisions
of OSHA section 1910.1030 (c)(1) of Title 29 of Federal regulations as amended. This plan, as
provided for in the Act, covers all employees who will or might reasonably be expected to have
occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Exposure Determination:
The City of Plymouth has defined occupational exposure as reasonably anticipated skin, eye,
mucous membrane or other contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may
result from the performance of an employee's duties.
The City of Plymouth determined occupational exposure for all employees by analyzing the duties
and tasks that might result in exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material. To
determine exposure, job descriptions, evaluation of routine tasks and procedures and evaluation of
non-routine situations were conducted. The City made this exposure determination without regard
to the use of personal protective clothing and equipment.
As a result of the exposure determination process, the City of Plymouth has classified employees as
being either in Category A or Category B.
• Category A employees are those that perform procedures or occupation related tasks that
involve exposure or reasonably anticipated exposure to blood or other infectious material
or that involve a likelihood for spills or splashes of blood or other potentially infectious
materials. This includes procedures or tasks conducted in non-routine situations as a
condition of employment. The following indicates by job title, Category A employees and
the reason they have been designated as such.
Job Title
Police Officer
Janitors
Ice Arena Staff
Department of Public Works
Tasks/Procedures
Handling Prisoners, Providing First Aid
Cleaning Restrooms
Cleaning Ice After Injury
Sewer Line Repairs
All other employees not specified in this chart are Category B employees.
•
Category B employees are those whose occupational related tasks do not involve exposure
to blood or other potentially infections material on a routine or non-routine basis as a
condition of employment. They do not perform or assist in emergency medical related tasks
and are not reasonably anticipated to be exposed in any other way.
Universal Precautions:
Universal precaution is an approach to infection control. According to the concept, all human blood
and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other
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