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OSHA citation claims health and safety violations at VA

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The Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Martinsburg was issued a notice of “Unsafe or Unhealthful Working Conditions” last month after the Occupational Health and Safety Administration found three health and safety violations in a November 2007 inspection, officials confirmed Tuesday.

Two of the violations were “serious” according to the notice, which was issued Dec. 27, 2007, by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), according to a copy of a document posted at the medical center off Charles Town Road east of Martinsburg. The hospital has until Jan. 24 to fix the serious violations, unless it requests an informal conference with the U.S. Department of Labor within 15 days of receiving the notice.

“We don’t discuss these inspections until they are closed,” Prentice Cline, OSHA’s assistant area director based in Charleston, W.Va., said Tuesday.

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