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OSHA Inspection: REFRICENTRO DE PONCE, INC.

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of REFRICENTRO DE PONCE, INC. in URB.IND.REP.SAN RAFAEL,PONCE BY PASS, PONCE, PR 00731 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 126933498.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
URB.IND.REP.SAN RAFAEL,PONCE BY PASS
City
PONCE
State
PR
ZIP
00731
Mailing
BARBOSA #380, HATO REY, PR 00917
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
5078
Employees
5
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

4 citations on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Aug 20, 1997
Abate by
Aug 28, 1997
Penalty
Initial $1,250 · Current $750 Reduced
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.  Receive injuries in that employees were exposed to hazards of falling
due to unsafe
stepping on a (a) corrugated containers, 8 feet long x 4 feet wide; 103
inches in height
from floor (b) multi-purpose duct wrap rolls, 48" inches long x 18" inches
diameter, 50
lbs weight aproximately, to stored and accomodate 60 rools up to 18 feet
height
aprox
from floor.  A feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard among
other
methods is to used mechanical high lift handling equipment.
a.  Recibir lesiones en que empleados estaban expuestos a riesgos de caida
debido a pisar
inseguro en (a) contenedores corrugados, 8 pies de largo x 4 pies ancho;
103" pulg. alto
desde el piso (b) rollos envolturas ducto multiuso, 48" pulgadas largo x
18" pulgadas.
diametro, 50 lbs peso aproximadamente a almacenar y acomodar 60 rollos
hasta 18 pies
alto aproximadamente del piso.  Un metodo entre otros metodos, aceptable y
posible para
corregir este riesgo es usar equipo mecanico de almacenaje alto.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $750.00
  • — Z (S) $1250.00

1910.23 C01

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Aug 20, 1997
Abate by
Sep 2, 1997
Penalty
Initial $1,250 · Current $750 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $750.00
  • — Z (S) $1250.00

1910.23 D01 II

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Aug 20, 1997
Abate by
Sep 2, 1997
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S)

1910.176 B

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Aug 20, 1997
Abate by
Aug 24, 1997
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 126933498.

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