(A) The United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has added § 1910.1030 (Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens) to the Code of Federal Regulations, which sets a standard to minimize or eliminate occupational exposure to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other bloodborne pathogens through engineering and work practice controls, personal protective clothing and equipment, training, medical surveillance, Hepatitis B vaccination, signs and labels, and other provisions.
(B) Since § 1910.1030 of the Federal Code covers all employees who could be "reasonably anticipated" as the result of performing their job duties to face contact with blood and other potentially infectious materials and requires employers to provide at no cost, and requires employees to use, appropriate personal protective equipment; employers must clean, repair and replace equipment when necessary.
(C) Employers are also required to implement engineering and work practice controls following an employee's exposure to blood and the decontamination of any exposed equipment and requires vaccinations to be made available to all employees who have occupational exposure to blood within 10 working days of assignment to a designated job, at no cost to the employee, under the supervision of a licensed physician/licensed healthcare professional.
(D) (1) Employees from the following departments within the city must comply with these federal regulations:
(a) The Police Department;
(b) The Fire Department;
(c) Neighborhood Code Enforcement; and
(d) The Park Department.
(2) In addition, employees in the following Departments may need to comply:
(a) The WPC Plant;
(b) WPC Maintenance;
(c) Water Maintenance;
(d) The Filtration Plant; and
(e) Traffic Engineering.
(E) The city's exposure control plan as required in § 1910.1030 of the Federal Code of Regulations, as adopted by the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is hereby approved, subject to annual review. Two copies of said plan are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection.
(Ord. S-93-92, passed 5-29-92)