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OSHA Inspection: PUERTO RICAN CARS INC HERTZ

Unprogrammed Related inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Related safety inspection of PUERTO RICAN CARS INC HERTZ in AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL LUIS MUNOZ MARIN, CAROLINA, PR 00983 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 126951060.

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Site address
AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL LUIS MUNOZ MARIN
City
CAROLINA
State
PR
ZIP
00983
Mailing
PO BOX 38084, SAN JUAN, PR 00937
Inspection type
Unprogrammed Related (G)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
7514
Employees
22
Ownership type
A

1 citation on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Other-than-serious Gravity 05 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Mar 16, 2000
Abate by
Apr 11, 2000
Penalty
Initial $1,050
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 from recognized
hazard 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 B Terminal baggage claim area: The elimination of the air
interchange plenum
of the air conditioned system with the purpose to create a promotion
representatives
office for passengers service by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, promoted
an
operative change toward a close-direct air recirculation system that
caused an increase
in the relative humidity and condensation on the ventilation ducts which
filtered out
and saturated the isolation material ducts increasing its weight with the
potential to
collapse and fall, exposed the employees to tha hazard of head and body
traumas and
or serious injuries.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to start doing strategies and get underway engineering controls
to replace the
air interchange plenum and replace anew the isolating material of the
ventilating
ducts.
En el area de reclamo de equipaje del Terminal B: La eliminacion del pleno
de
intercambio de aire del sistema de aire acondicionado con el proposito de
crear una
oficina de representantes de promocion para el servicio a los pasajeros
por la
Compania de Turismo de Puerto Rico, promovio un cambio operativo hacia un
sistema de recirculacion de aire cerrado-directo que causo un incremento
en la
humedad relativa y condensacion en los conductos de ventilacion la cual se
filtro y
saturo el material aislante de los conductos de ventilacion, incrementando
su peso con
potencial de colapsar y caer, expuso a los empleados al riesgo de traumas
y/o lesiones
serias de la cabeza y el cuerpo.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo accesible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es
poner en practica estrategias e iniciar controles de ingenieria para
reconstruir el pleno
de intercambio de aire y reemplazar de nuevo el material aislante de los
conductos de
ventilacion.
Recent events (3)
  • · A (O)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (S) $1050.00

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