OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL PARKING SYSTEM OF PUERTO RICO INC

Issued

2000-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

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 Central Parking System located at the basement of Home Mortgage
Plaza
building, there was a sewage water pipe in the ceiling of the parking that
filtrate the
water. The employees walked over the sewage water during their working
shift, soaking
their shoes and socks.
Hazard: Contact with sewage water.
Among other correction methods, a feasible and acceptable method to
correct this hazard
is repair the pipes.
The Central Parking System was previously cited for a violation of this
occupational
safety and health section of the act which was contained in OSHO
inspection number
300142189, citation number 1, item number 1, section 6 (a) of the Puerto
Rico
Occupational Safety and Health Act, issued on 12/28/1998, with respect to
a workplace
located at Home Mortgage Plaza building.
En el Central Parking System localizado en el sotano del edificio Home
Mortgage Plaza,
habia un tubo de aguas usadas en el techo del estacionamiento que filtra
el agua. Los
empleados caminaban sobre el agua usada durante su turno de trabajo
mojando sus
zapatos y medias.
Riesgo: Contacto con aguas usadas.
Entre otros medios de correccion, un metodo factible y aceptable para
corregir este
riesgo es reparar la tuberia.
Central Parking System ha sido citado por violacion a esta seccion de la
ley de seguridad
y salud ocupacional, la cual esta contenida en el caso numero 300142189,
numero de
citacion 1, numero de renglon 1, seccion 6 (a) de la Ley de Seguridad y
Salud
Ocupacional de Puerto Rico, dada el 12/28/1998, con respecto al lugar de
trabajo
Edificio Home Mortgage Plaza.