OSHA Inspection: ALARMAS DE PONCE

Issued

May 18, 1999

Abate by

May 22, 1999

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $450 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 injuries due to fall from a portable metal ladder (2-24 feet)
while doing works
of alarm system instalation. The employee was exposed to fall when he use
both hands
to do his work without any protection from fall. Among other method, one
feasible
and
acceptable abatement methods to correct this hazard is to use a personal
fall arrest
system.
a. Recibir lesiones debido a caidas desde una escalera de metal portatil
(12-24 pies)
mientras realizaba trabajo de instalar alarmas. El empleado fue expuesto a
caidas cuando
tenia que usar ambas manos para realizar su trabajo sin ningun tipo de
proteccion de
caidas. De entre otros metodos, uno seguro y eficaz para corregir este
riesgo es utilizar
un sistema personal de detencion de caidas.