One of the key factors, in this case, is that Jay received a phone call from his program services director to notify him about an OSHA inspector wants to review his blood-borne pathogen policy and employee hepatitis vaccination procedure. Apparently, OSHA needs to inspection Jay Carlos’s blood-borne pathogen policy to make sure that the company is aware of the situation and for preventing loss of lives due to exposure (Lester, & Parnell, 2006). OSHA has a role which is to make sure that safety and a healthy environment are the key elements every workplace in America. That the employees are not exposed to a dangerous condition in which they can get hurt; and that employees do not have to exposure health into an unhealthy place. For instance, OSHA prohibits to work in a place in which there is blood spilled all over the place without a having a trained crew to clean up the spill. People could get infected if the make contact with blood that has some disease. Also, OSHA prohibits that workplaces such as constructions, to have employees working with a helmet and steel toe shoes. OSHA also serves as an educator to businesses and organization by providing them with research, education, information, and training about health and safety (Coniglio, 2010). East Hampshire Homes is a nursing home for mentally retarded patients; however, Jay and his wife have other responsibilities which complied with state, federal, and local health and safety regulations. Among those responsibilities was the risk associated with blood pathogens with hepatitis B (Lester, & Parnell, 2006).
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