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A Fairfield County school district was fined for failing to provide proper personal protective equipment to its custodial staff.
The Norwalk School District was fined $700 by the Connecticut Department of Labor for allegedly allowing custodians at Brien McMahon High School to use non-chemical resistant gloves to sanitize the building.
OSHA issued the citation on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and the district had until this week to pay the fine and address the issue, though it was handled earlier.
The district was also cited for using improper hand protection, though there was no fine to go with the second citation, which was reportedly the result of a clerical error.
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A Fairfield County school district was fined for failing to provide proper personal protective equipment to its custodial staff.
The Norwalk School District was fined $700 by the Connecticut Department of Labor for allegedly allowing custodians at Brien McMahon High School to use non-chemical resistant gloves to sanitize the building.
OSHA issued the citation on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and the district had until this week to pay the fine and address the issue, though it was handled earlier.
The district was also cited for using improper hand protection, though there was no fine to go with the second citation, which was reportedly the result of a clerical error.
Norwalk schools fined $700 for lack of proper PPE
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A School Safety First teacher caravan is held at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Conn., on Thursday July 29, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
NORWALK The Norwalk school district was fined $700 by the state Department of Labor for failing to provide proper personal protective equipment to custodians, records show.
The DOL’s Division of Occupational Health and Safety issued the district a citation on Nov. 18 for allowing custodians at Brien McMahon High School to use non-chemical resistant gloves to clean surfaces with cleaning and disinfectant chemicals. Hazard assessments found chemical-resistant gloves were needed in these situations.
NORWALK, Conn. West Rocks Middle School has joined the list of closed Norwalk Public Schools facilities.
“NPS was notified late in the day of new confirmed COVID cases at West Rocks Middle School. As a result, West Rocks will be on full remote learning tomorrow to allow time for contact tracing to take place. …Families will be updated over the weekend about a return to in-person learning, after more information is available,” NPS Communications Director Brenda Wilcox Williams said in an email.
West Rocks is the eighth school to close this week.
Jefferson Elementary and Fox Run Elementary switched to remote learning Monday