OSHA Inspection: STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK

Issued

Sep 25, 1997

Abate by

Oct 8, 1997

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,470 Reduced

Issued

Sep 25, 1997

Abate by

Sep 29, 1997

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $4,200 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:
a.  Receive serious injuries or death from falls.  Two employees worked at
the northeast
area on a steel building 300 feet wide, 320 feet long being constructed.
They walk over
steel beams eight inches wide at 22 feet feet in height from the methods
floor level
without fall protection.  Among other methods to correct this hazard is to
install
anchorages and lifelines to attach the safety belt.
Hazard:  Falls.
a.  Recibir lesiones serias o muerte causadas por caidas, dos empleados
trabajabn en el
area noreste de un edificio que era construido; caminaban sobre vigas de 8
pulgadas de
ancho a 22 pies de altura sobre el nivel del piso sin proteccion contra
caidas.  Entre otros
metodos para corregir este riesgo es instalar anclajes y lineas de
salvavidas para conectar
los cinturones de seguridad.
Riesgo:  Caidas.

Issued

Sep 25, 1997

Abate by

Sep 30, 1997

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $420 Reduced