OSHA Inspection: ADM DE CORRECCION-REHABILITACION

Issued

Apr 6, 2000

Abate by

Apr 29, 2000

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 due to delay in acces to exit. Three employees
were working
in building office (12 feet 5 inch X 15 feet- 187.5 sq.feet) at basement
floor, for social
assistance. According to N.F.P.A. 1985: sec.27-1.7.1 the minimum occupancy
requirement shall be not less than one person per 100 sq. feet, causing
stacking problem.
Amoung other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method  to
correct this
hazard is relocation excess employees.
a.  Recibir serias lesiones debido a demora hacia salidas.  Tres empleados
trabajan en
una oficina para dar servicio social (12 pies 5 pulgadas X 15 pies - 187.5
pies cuadrado)
en el piso del sotano. De acuerdo con N.F.P.A. 1985 Sec. 27-1.7.1
requisito minimo
deocupacion debe ser no mas de una persona por cada 100 pies cuadrado,
causando un
problema de hacinamiento. Entre otros metodos, uno aceptable y posible
para corregir
este riesgo es la relocalizacion del exceso de personal.