OSHA Inspection: DS-SALUD CORRECCIONAL AFASS

Issued

1997-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

1997-12-01 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:
a.  Doctors, nurses, housekeepers at Medical Area in Maxima and Ponce Main
were
exposed to the hazard of being infected with tuberculosis through contact
with inmates
who were or may be infected with tuberculosis in that: source control
method ventilation
system in emergency rooms including waiting areas was not provided.
Feasible
and
useful abatement methods for reducing this hazard, as recommended by the
Centers for
Disease Control, among others are: Providing germicidal UV lamps and/or
HEPA filters.
a.  Doctores, enfermeras, conserjes en el Area Medica en Maxima y Ponce
Principal
estaban expuestos al riesgo de ser infectados con tuberculosis a traves
del contacto con
reclusos quienes estaban o pudieran estar infectados con tuberculosid en
que: No se
proyecto metodos de fuente de control al sistema de ventilacion en las
salas de
emergerncia incluyendo salas de espera. Metodos factibles y utiles de
correccion para
reducir este riesgo como es recomendado por el Centro de Control de
Enfermedades,
entre otros son: Proveyendo lamparas grermicidas ultravioletas y/o filtros
HEPA.os