Violation Worksheet Print Date 09/21/2015 Inspection Number 1090667 Opt. Insp. Number Establishment IL Dept. of Veterans Affairs IL Veterans Home?Quincy Name DBA Name Type Of Violation Serious Citation 1 Item/Group 2 Number Number Exposed 569 No. Instances 1 REC Special Empioyer?s All Enforcement? Relationship to Hazard Standard 820 ILCS 219/20la) Substance Codes Photo/Video . Number Alleged Violation 820 ILCS Every public employer must provide reasonable protection to the lives, Description health, and safety of its employees and must furnish to each of its employees employment and a workplace which are free from recognized hazards that cause or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to its employees. A complaint investigation conducted on 09/08/15, revealed employees were not properly notified of a confirmed Legionnaires outbreak consequently leading to exposure and illnesses of two employees. The employer failed to immediately notify employees of the outbreak nor instructed them as to proper precautions to avoid or eliminate exposure. Recommended Penalty Severity Severity Justification Probability Gravity Gravity based Penalty 0.00 Muitiplier Calculated Penaity 0.00 Proposed Penalty 0.00 Proposed Penalty Justification: Abatement Details MultiStep Abatement Type/Other Type Days to abate User entered Completed(status) Verify Date Abatement Due Date Employee Exposure Exposure No. Employer Name and Address Duration Frequency Proximity Instance Exposed Telephone Numbers 2 569 IL Dept. of 3.00 7.5 3 - Veterans month Hrs/Day Affairs Ii. Veterans Home?Quincy '2 569 I IL Dept. of 7.5 3 Veterans Hrs/Day Affairs IL Veterans Home-Quincy 20. Instance Description: A. Hazard B. Equipment C. Location D. Injury/Illness E. Measurements a) Employees were not properly notified of a confirmed outbreak of Legionnaires disease. to) Equipment: None c) Location: Illinois Veterans Home Quincy. Employee illness reported i-and d) Injury/Illness (and Justifications for Severity and Probability): An unprotecte ionnaires may result in a bacterial infection of the lungs, legionnella pneumonia up to and including death. (H) The probability of an injury occurring as a result of the violative condition is assessed as greater due to the two reported cases. e) Measurements: Report of resident illness on 07/29/15 and an employee illness reported on 08/15/15. Mass email notifying employees occurred on 08/22/15 and 08/25/15. 23. Employer Knowledge: During the opening conference with Adjutant Dawn Whitcomb, the IDOL 1H obtained copies of email notifications to employees dated 08/22/15 and 08/25/15 which were well after the confirmed outbreak and second reported iilness. 25. Other Employer Information: