OSHA Inspection: PRODUCTOS AVICOLAS DE PUERTO RICO INC

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 29, 2000

Penalty

Initial $478 · Current $478

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 respiratory track, eye and body injuries with chlorine.
At north part
of the building, three unsecured cylinders of chlorine were located in a
traveling area
(truck traffic) and under the sun.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this
hazards is removing the cylinders from the risk area and develope a safety
process to
manage all risk.
a. Recibir lesiones serias en en el tracto respiratorio, ojos y cuerpo,
con cloro. En la
parte norte del edificio, tres cilindros de cloro no asegurados estaban
localizados en un
area de transito (trafico de camiones) y bajo el sol.
Entre otros metodos uno aceptable para corregir este riesgo es remover los
cilindro del
area de riesgo y desarrollar un proceso de seguridad para el manejo de
todos los riesgos.

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 31, 2000

Penalty

Initial $563 · Current $563

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 31, 2000

Penalty

Initial $563 · Current $563

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 27, 2000

Penalty

Initial $478

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 29, 2000

Penalty

Initial $478 · Current $478

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 29, 2000

Penalty

Initial $478 · Current $478

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 31, 2000

Penalty

Initial $563 · Current $563

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

Jun 15, 2000

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

Jun 5, 2000

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

Jun 12, 2000

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

Jun 5, 2000

Issued

May 23, 2000

Abate by

May 31, 2000

Penalty

Initial $188 · Current $188