OSHA Inspection: SANTIAGO METAL M.F.G. CORP.

Issued

1998-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1750.00 · Current $875.00 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:
a.  Receive serious injuries from fall.  Employees were working at a
height of 14 feet
and 2 inches (aprox) in  steel beams (18" x 38' aprox) that was being
assemble without
the use of personal fall arrest system.  Among other methods to correct
this hazard is to
use a personal fall arrest system.
a.  Recibir lesiones serias debido a caidas.  Empleados estaban trabajando
a una altura
de 14pies 2 pulgadas (aprox) en una vigas de metal (acero) (18" x 38'
aprox) que se
estaba ensamblando sin un sistema de detencion de caidas.  Entre otros
metodos
correctivos, uno seguro y eficaz para corregir este riesgos es usar un
sistema de
detencion de caidas.on

Issued

1998-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $375.00 Reduced