OSHA Inspection: DE- ESCUELA FRATERNIDAD LAGUNA DE GUANICA

Issued

Aug 14, 1998

Abate by

Aug 22, 1998

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 fractures or low back injuries due to the moving of a heavy
metal main gate,
16' long X 6' high, which was broken, out of his rail and with earth
obstruction on it.
Among other methods. one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to install an automatic control to open  the gate or change it
for
a light one easy
to move and save.
a. Recibir fracturas o lesion de la espalda baja debido al movimiento del
porton principal,
de metal pesado, de 16'de largo X 6' alto, el cual esta roto, fuera de su
riel, estando el
mismo obstruido por la tierra. Fracturas o lesion espalda baja. De entre
otros metodos
correctivos, uno factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es
instalar un control
automatico para abrir el porton o cambiar el porton por uno de material
mas liviano, y
facil de mover y seguro.