CAROLINA, PR ·
OSHA Inspection: READY MIX CONCRETE, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of READY MIX CONCRETE, INC. in CARR. 853 KM 0.3, BO. TRUJILLO BAJO, CAROLINA, PR 00984 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 126924935.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- READY MIX CONCRETE, INC.
- Site address
- CARR. 853 KM 0.3, BO. TRUJILLO BAJO
- City
- CAROLINA
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00984
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 1909, CAROLINA, PR 00984
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (Y)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3273
- Employees
- 16
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1998
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced
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 mixed concrete manufacturing Plant Number # 1: On august 9, 1998 the employer's safety manager send an instruction report to every mix manufacturing plant stating that all vehicles shall be equiped with an audible warning device or reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding site noise level; on august 21, 1998, an employee was impacted by truck number 3 69, which to this date was not equiped with a reverse signal alarm. The affected employee was carried out to the state Compensation Fund Corporation Hospital where he was diagnosed head, forehead and face trauma, nose abration, left shoulder sprain, right and left forearm trauma and lumbosacral sprain, all injuries impact related according to the attending physician. Up to the inspection date on september 14,1998, seventeen (17) trucks, including number # 69, remained without been equiped with reverse signal alarms. among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to inspect all vehicles for reverse signal alarms and install this equipment on those vehicles detected with fault. En la Planta de concreto mezclado Numero # 1: En 9 de agosto de 1998, el gerente de seguridad del patrono envio un informe instruccional a cada planta de manufactura de mezcla estableciendo que todos los vehiculos tenian que estar equipados con un aparato de precaucion audible o alarma de retroceso audible sobre el nivel de ruido del sitio; el 21 de agosto de 1998, un empleado fue pactado por camion numero # 69, el cual hasta esa fecha no estaba equipado con una senal de alarma de retroceso. El empleado afectado fue llevado al Hospital de la Corporacion del Fondo del Seguro del Estado donde le fue diagnosticado trauma de la cabeza, frente y la cara, abrasion en la nariz, torcedura del hombro izquierdo, traumas en los antebrazos derecho e izquierdo y torcedura lumbo- sacral; todas esta lesiones relacionadas con el impacto, arrastre y caida al suelo, de acuerdo con el medico que le atendio. Hasta la fecha de inspeccion en 14 de septiembre de 1998, diecisiete (17) camiones, incluyendo el numero # 69, permanecian sin haber sido equipados con senales de alarma de retroceso. Entre otros metodos, un metodo accesible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es inspeccionar todos los vehiculos para senales de alarma de retroceso e instalarlas en aquellos vehiculos detectados en falta.ados
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2000.00
- · Z (S) $4000.00
1910.305 B02
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1998
- Abate by
- Nov 5, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $2,275 · Current $500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $500.00
- · Z (S) $2275.00
6A0001
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1998
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $63,000
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 mixed concrete manufacturing Plant Number # 1: On august 9, 1998 the employer's safety manager send an instruction report to every mix manufacturing plant stating that all vehicles shall be equiped with an audible warning device or reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding site noise level; on august 21, 1998, an employee was impacted by truck number # 69, which to this date was not equiped with a reverse signal alarm. The affected emplyee was carried out to the State Compensation Fund Corporation Hospital where he was diagnosed head, forehead and face trauma, nose abration, left shoulder sprain, right and left forearm trauma and lumbo sacral sprain, all injuries impact related according to the attending physician. Up to the inspection date on september 14,1998, seventeen (17) trucks, including truck number # 69, used to transport mixed concrete remained without been equiped with reverse signal alarms. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to inspect all vehicles for reverse signal alarms and install this equipment on those vehicles detected with fault. En la Planta de concreto mezclado Numero # 1: En 9 de agosto de 1998, el gerente de seguridad del patrono envio un informe instruccional a cada planta de manufactura de mezcla estableciendo que todos los vehiculos tenian que estar equipados con un aparato de precaucion audible o alarma de retroceso audible sobre el nivel de ruido del sitio; el 21 de agosto de 1998, un empleado fue impactado por el camion numero # 69, el cual hasta esta fecha no estaba equipado con una senal de alarma de retroceso. El empleado afectado fue llevado al Hospital de la Corporacion del Fondo del Seguro del Estado donde le fue diagnosticado trauma de la cabeza, frente y la cara, abrasion en la nariz, torcedura del hombro izquierdo, traumas en los antebrazos derecho e izquierdo y torcedura lumbo sacral; todas estas lesiones relacionadas con el impacto, arrastre y caida al suelo, de acuerdo con el medico que le atendio. Hasta la fecha de inspeccion en 14 de septiembre de 1998, diecisiete (17) camiones usados para el acarreo de concreto mezclado, incluyendo el camion numero # 69, permanecian sin haber sido equipados con senales de alarma de retroceso. Entre otros metodos, un metodo accesible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es inspeccionar todos los vehiculos para senales de alarma de retroceso e instalarlas en aquellos vehiculos detectadas en falta.
Recent events (2)
- · I (W)
- · Z (W) $63000.00
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