OSHA Inspection: DEPARTAMENTO DE LA FAMILIA

Issued

Nov 6, 1997

Abate by

Nov 12, 1997

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 Family Department -  Guaynabo II, on the building's second floor,
at the steel
stairs located at the rear of the building, the stair's rest was observed
rusted and with
holes.  The holes and most rusted area  of the stair's rest, were observed
on the edge,
next to the stair's steps.  From the rusted rest to the next lower rest
there
were eight
steps, each one having seven inches and a half height.  There are
approximately five feet
from the rest, on the building's second floor, to the next lower rest.
These stairs are an
employee's access to their working area.
Hazard:  Fall
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct is to
weld a steel planch on top of the stair's rest.
En el Departamento de la Familia - Guaynabo II, en el segundo piso del
edificio, en las
escaleras de metal de la parte trasera del edificio, se observo el
descanso de las escaleras
oxidado y con huecos.  Los huecos y la parte mas oxidada del descanso de
las escaleras
fueron observados en el borde contiguo a los escalones.  Desde el descando
oxidado al
proximo descanso inferior habian ocho escalones, cada uno con una altura
de siete
pulgadas y media.  Habian cinco pies aproximados, de alturas vertical,
entre el descanso
del segundo piso al proximo descanso inferior.  Estas escaleras con un
acceso de los
empleados a su area de trabajo.
Riesgo:  Caida
Entre otros metodos, factible y aceptable de correccion seria soldar una
plancha de metal
sobre el descanso de las escaleras.

Issued

Nov 6, 1997

Abate by

Nov 26, 1997

Issued

Nov 6, 1997

Abate by

Nov 26, 1997