Starbucks rolls out drug needle disposal bins to follow up addict-friendly open bathroom policy

Published time: 23 Apr, 2019 04:28

Edited time: 23 Apr, 2019 10:27

Starbucks is installing needle-disposal boxes in its US bathrooms after getting fined over its lack of response to a spike in needle-stick injuries among employees under its addict-friendly “open-door” bathroom policy.

The coffee behemoth has installed the boxes in 25 cities after the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) slapped the company with a $3,100 fine for endangering workers. Starbucks was penalized for failing to provide sharps-disposal containers “in or near bathrooms where contaminated sharps were commonly found,” failing to make the Hepatitis B vaccine available to employees who could be exposed to the disease through contaminated needles, and failing to provide proper training and “exposure-control programs.”

https://www.rt.com/usa/457275-starbucks-needle-disposal-rollout-osha/