OSHA Inspection: AEE

Issued

Aug 26, 1998

Abate by

Nov 30, 1998

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 Hipodromo Ave. corner Fernandez Juncos, Santurce - while employee was
cutting
electrical cable with conductive scissors at substation, it came near
exposed energized
parts with 4,160 volts that caused an electric arc that made a flash over.
The employee
was burned performing the operation.  The scissors used were No. 1 H.K.
Porter
P.C.
No-0105MS.
Hazard:  Burns With electrical arc.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to provide insulated tools and/or improve insulating techniques.
En Ave. Hipodromo esq. Fernandez Juncos, Santurce -  mientras empleado
estaba
cortando cable electrico con tijeras conductivas  en subestacion, las
tijeras se acercaron
a partes enegizadas a 4,160 voltios que causo un arco electrico que
provoco un "flash
over".  El empleado se quemo realizando la operacion.  La tijera usada fue
la num. 1
H.K. Porter P.C. Num-0105MS.
Riesgo:  Quemaduras con arco electrico.
Entre otros, un metodo factible y aceptable de corregir este riesgo es de
proveer
herramientas con aislacion y/o mejorar tecnicas de aislacion.