ARECIBO, PR —
OSHA Inspection: THAMES WATER PUERTO RICO, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of THAMES WATER PUERTO RICO, INC. in CARR 663 KM. 1.6 SECTOR BALLAJA SABANA HOYOS, ARECIBO, PR 00612 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 300922937.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- THAMES WATER PUERTO RICO, INC.
- Site address
- CARR 663 KM. 1.6 SECTOR BALLAJA SABANA HOYOS
- City
- ARECIBO
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00612
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 373, SABANA HOYOS, PR 00688
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 4941
- Employees
- 50
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2002
- Abate by
- May 1, 2002
- Penalty
- Initial $875 · Current $875
General-duty citation text
a)At Thames Water of P.R. on December 26 2001, employees performed a non-routine task of loading and unloading liquid chlorine ton containers from a trailer. There was no dock area to park the trailer and for that reason the forklift could not get inside the trailer. Two employees went inside the trailer to move manually 15 liquid chlorine ton containers that each one weight from 2,000 to 2,200 pounds approximately, they rolled them to the exit of the trailer. Them a forklift trademark Yale, model ERP040TFN36SF082 serial # B807N030370 was used to carry the ton containers to the storage area at the Chlorine Building. The employees were exposed to back, hand and foot injuries, and chlorine intoxication or death in case of accidental release of the product. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is: 1.Always receive the containers in a flat-bed trailer, because the facilities were designed to use that type of equipment to loading and unloading the ton containers. 2.Provide a dock area, to use the forklift with the appropriate attachments to go inside the trailer for unloading and loading the chlorine ton containers. a)En Thames Water de Puerto Rico el 26 de diciembre de 2001, los empleados realizaban una tarea no rutinaria de cargar y descargar contenedores de cloro liquido desde un vagon. No habia un muelle de carga y descarga para estacionar el vagon y por tal razon el montacargas no podia entrar dentro del vagon. Dos empleados entraron al vagon para cargar y descargar 15 contenedores de cloro liquido, cada uno de los contenedores pesa de 2,000 a 2,200 lbs aproximadamente, los empleados rodaban los contenedores hasta la salida del vagon, entonces un forklift marca Yale, modelo ERPO4OTFN36SFO82, # de serie B8O7NO3O37O fue usado para llevar los contenedores al area de almacenamiento en el Edificio de Cloro. Los empleados fueron expuestos a lesiones de espalda, pies y manos e intoxicacion por cloro o muerte en caso de un escape accidental. Entre otros metodos ,un metodo viable y aceptable de correccion para corregir este riesgo es: 1.Siempre recibir los contenedores en un remolque de plataforma, porque la facilidades de la compania estan disenadas para descargar y cargar los cilindros de dicha forma. 2.Proveer un muelle de carga y descarga, para usar el montacargas con los aditamentos adecuados para entrar dentro del vagon para decargar y cargar los contenedores.
6A0001
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2002
- Abate by
- May 1, 2002
- Penalty
- Initial $875 · Current $875
General-duty citation text
a)At Thames Water of Puerto Rico on December 26, 2001, employees performed a non- routine task of loading and unloading 15 liquid chlorine ton containers from a trailer. A written safety procedure was not establish and the employees were not trained to perform this specific task. Employees were exposed to body injuries and death. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is: 1.Evaluate the tasks and establish and develop a written safety procedure for this task and train the employees. a)En Thames Water de Puerto Rico el 26 de diciembre de 2001, los empleados realizaron una tarea no rutinaria de descargar y cargar un vagon de 15 contenedores de cloro liquido. Un procedimiento escrito de seguridad no fue establecido y los empleados no fueron adiestrados para realizar esta tarea en especifico. Entre otros metodos, un metodo viable y aceptable de correccion para corregir este riesgo es: 1.Evaluar la tarea, hacer un procedimiento escrito de seguridad para esta tarea y adiestrar a los empleados.
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 300922937.
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