OSHA Inspection: DRNA CUERPO DE VIGILANTE

Issued

Feb 12, 2009

Abate by

Mar 11, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,000

General-duty citation text

Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized
hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to employees in
that employees were
exposed to:
Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico:
El patrono no
proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten
causando o que
puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados
estaban expuestos
a:
At the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Cuerpo de
Vigilantes
building. The ceiling of the building entrance was in bad repair and
pieces where falling
were employees worked and walked. The employees performed office jobs,
such as:
answering telephones, portable radio communicators, filing documents,
working with the
computer and field work.
Among other method, one feasible and acceptable is repair the ceiling or
move from the
building to other.
Hazard: Employees struck by pieces of ceiling falling.
En el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, edificio del
Cuerpo de
Vigilantes. El techo de la entrada del edificio estaba desprendiendose,
los empleados
estaban expuestos a que pedazos del techo de hormigon les cayera en la
cabeza. Los
empleados realizaban trabajos de oficina tales como: contestar el
telefono, radio
comunicadores portatiles, archivando documentos, trabajando con sus
computadoras y
trabajos de campo.
Entre otros metodos de correccion, uno accesible y aceptable es reparar el
techo o
mudarse de edificio.
Riesgo: Empleados sean golpeados por pedazos del techo.s

Issued

Feb 12, 2009

Abate by

Mar 11, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

Feb 12, 2009

Abate by

Mar 11, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500