OSHA Inspection: ALTOL PETROLEUM (PEERLESS)

Issued

1999-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

1999-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $525.00 · Current $263.00 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 injuries due to fall from a work platfform on the top of a
gasoline truck, plate
#95292 A, at 10 feet 9 inches high from the ground level (45 feet long X
33 inches
wide), when the employee do his work as a weigher.  Among other method,
one feasible
and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is instaling a
turnbuckle
cable as
part of a personal fall arrest system.
a. Recibir lesiones debido a caidas de una plataforma de trabajo en el
techo de un camion
de gasolina, matricula #95292 A, a 10 pies 9 pulgadas de altura del suelo
(45 pies de
largo X 33 pulgadas de ancho), cuando el empleado realizaba su trabajo
como pesador
de gasolina.  Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y seguro para
corregir este riesgo
es instalar un cable tensor como parte de un sistema personal de detencion
de caidas.