OSHA Inspection: EMPRESAS RIVERA SIACA INC

Issued

Oct 7, 1997

Abate by

Oct 10, 1997

Penalty

Initial $450 · Current $450

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 establishment; Vocational Funds Section: Over 8 feet high (9 feet
aproximately), there were electric cords, UF cables, burned.  Employees
heared low explotions, and observed sparks between the acoustic plates.
Hazard:  Fire.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this electrical hazard is, to removed the barned cords and
insulated the others.
En el establecimiento; Seccion de Fondos vocacionales:  Sobre los 8 pies
de altura (9 pies aproximadamente), hay cables electricos UF, quemados.
Los empleados escuchaban pequenas esplosiones y observaban chispas por
entre las planchas del acustico.
Riesgo:  Fuego.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable de correccion de este riesgo
electrico seria; remover los cables quemados y proteger aislando los otros
cables.o