Health System Fined for Lack of PPE

Federal workplace safety regulators fined a Louisiana health care system $13,494 for failing to ensure workers had proper personal protective equipment. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System failed to protect employees from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. “OSHA opened a coronavirus-related investigation after receiving reports of employee exposure,” the administration said in a statement. “The agency found that emergency facility employees often shared used protective gowns or did not have prote...