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...Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor is considering the probe because it received a complaint charging the laboratory with mishandling "blood-borne pathogens"--disease-causing microorganisms or viruses that are carried by blood...
...federal] standard is designed to protect workers who might be exposed to HIV or a virus by handling contaminated body fluids," said OSHA Area Director K. Frank Gravitt on Friday. "We sent a letter telling the University of the allegations...
...former laboratory employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, yesterday took credit for lodging the complaint with OSHA. The former employee said workers in the laboratory often handled leaky containers with dangerous specimens because administrators were unwilling to pay for proper containers...
...Basically, they're transporting those specimens in a way not consistent with OSHA guidelines," said the former employee, adding that laboratory supervisors are fully aware of the guidelines...
...other ruling involves worker safety: in 1989 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration limited workplace exposure to more than 400 toxic substances. But OSHA didn't make a separate case for each, as the law requires. Though that would have taken decades, an Atlanta court said the limits are invalid. Workers shouldn't panic: it's unlikely that companies that have spent millions to comply with osha's standards will now spend even more to have safeguards removed...