CAROLINA, PR ·
OSHA Inspection: PUERTO RICAN CARS INC HERTZ
Unprogrammed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
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.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- PUERTO RICAN CARS INC HERTZ
- Site address
- AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL LUIS MUNOZ MARIN
- City
- CAROLINA
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00983
- Mailing
- PO BOX 38084, SAN JUAN, PR 00937
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Related (G)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 7514
- Employees
- 22
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2000
- Abate by
- Apr 11, 2000
- Penalty
- Initial $1,050
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 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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Source
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 126951060.
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