OSHA Inspection: DS PROGRAMA SALUD CORRECCIONAL

Issued

1999-12-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-01-04 00:00:00

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 "Departamento de Salud-Programa de Salud Correccional", Medic
Records area,
employees performed evaluation and medical record keeping duties where the
ilumination
was inadecuate.The light emited by the fluorescent lamps did not exceed 5
ftc (foot
candles), when the ANSI/IES RP-1-1982 recommended 50-200 ftc.
Hazard: Blindness, strumbles and falls.
Among others corrections methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to
abate this
hazard are; to change the type of lamp to a hight potency, place more
lamps in the area,
replace the damage lamps tubes quickly.
En el Departamento de Salud-Programa de Salud Correccional, area de
"Records
Medicos," empleados realizaron labores de evaluacion y archivo de "records
medicos"
donde la iluminacion era inadecuada. La luz que emitieron las lamparas
fluorescentes no
excedian los 5 ftc (pies bujias), cuando lo recomendado en el ANSI/IES
RP-1-1982 es
de 50-200 ftc.
Riesgo: Perdida de la vision, tropezones, caidas.
Entre otros metodos de correccion, varios metodos posibles y aceptables
para corregir
este riesgo son; el cambiar tipo de lampara a uno de mayor potencia;
ubicar mas
lamparas en el arrea; reponer los tubos danados de las lamparas
inmediatamente.

Issued

1999-12-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-01-27 00:00:00

Issued

1999-12-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-01-27 00:00:00