OSHA Inspection: CHOICE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2010-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00 · Current $500.00

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:
a.At the construction area, Home Depot Building, Ponce. The Employer did
not
have a protocol to handle situations of domestic violence at the workplace.
Among others methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard
is to establish and implement a written protocol to manage situations of
domestic
violence at the workplace as required by act Number 217 of September 29,
2006.
The protocol must include the following minimun requirements: A public
policy
statement, legal basis and applicability, responsabilities of personnel,
and uniform
procedures and measures to be followed in order to handle the cases.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries and illnesses related with workplace domestic
violence.
a.En el area de construccion, Home Depot Building, Ponce.  El patrono no
tenia
un protocolo para manejar situaciones de violencia domestica en el lugar de
trabajo.  Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para
corregir este
riesgo es establecer e implementar un protocolo escrito para manejar
situaciones
de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo como es requerido por la ley
Numero 217 del 29 de Septiembre de 2006.  El protocolo debera incluir los
siguientes requisitos minimos: Declaracion de politica publica, base legal
y
aplicabilidad, responsabilidad del personal, procedimiento y medidas
uniformes
a seguir en manejos de casos.
Riesgo: Fatalidades, lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas con violencia
domestica
en el trabajo.