OSHA Inspection: PEERLES OIL & CHEMICALS INC

Issued

Nov 8, 1999

Abate by

Nov 16, 1999

Penalty

Initial $875 · Current $430 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 platform in the top of a
gasoline truck, plate
# 30893 A (Texaco), at 10'8" high from the ground level (38'8" x 36" wide)
when the
employee do his work on the top of the truck.  Among other methods, one
feasible and
acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to install a
turnbuckle cable as a
part of a fall arrest system.
a.  Recibir lesiones debido a caidas desde una plataforma de trabajo de un
camion
ubicada en el techo del camion, matricula # 30893 A (Texaco), a 10'8" de
altura desde
el suelo (38'8" largo x 36" ancho), cuando el empleado se sube al camion a
hacer su
trabajo.  Entre otros metodos, un metodo seguro y confiable para corregir
este riesgo es
instalar un cable tensor como parte del sistema de detencion de caidas.

Issued

Nov 8, 1999

Abate by

Nov 12, 1999

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced