AGUADA, PR ·
OSHA Inspection: SUPERDESCUENTO PITUSA
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of SUPERDESCUENTO PITUSA in CALLE COLON FINAL AGUADA SHOPPING CENTER, AGUADA, PR 00603 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 300945789.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- SUPERDESCUENTO PITUSA
- Site address
- CALLE COLON FINAL AGUADA SHOPPING CENTER
- City
- AGUADA
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00603
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)
- 5411
- Employees
- 88
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2001
- Abate by
- Jul 13, 2001
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $2,250 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)At the workplace known as Superdescuentos Pitusa - Employees were working on carnage operation cutting pork, cattle and goat ribs and others types of meats with bone, using two backsaws, Model Hobart 5801, serial number 27- 18-5940 and serial number 27-093-695, which were not used correctly. The employees were not trained in the correct use and secure handling of such equipment due to the fact that they made the cut without place the ribs or any type of meat with bone on the machine tray located on left side of each one. This tray has at the backside a small lifted edge designed to be pushed and to protect the employees hands avoiding a direct push using his hands in the point of operation. Also they did not fixed the ribs with the stainless steel guard located at the right side of each machine which help to make a more secure cut. Neither they did not let down the guard located on the saw blade until the level where the meat with bone or rib will be cut in such a manner every time that an employee made a cut a great space of the blade was unguarded. Each one of these machines have a tag which establish: "Warning moving blade and pulleys, keep hands clear, do not operate without covers and guards in place". Some employees of this company had been suffered amputation accidents because they did not worked and followed these safety requirements mentioned previosly. Hazard: Fingers and hands amputation in the point of operation. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is provide training to all of employees in the correct use and secure handling of these machines emphasizing in the continue and obligatory use of machines guards and the tray. Also the employer must require them to cover the blade of each backsaw until the level where the rib or any meat with bone will be cut. a)En el lugar de trabajo conocido como Superdescuentos Pitusa - Empleados estuvieron trabajando en la operacion de carnicera cortando costillas de cerdo, res, cabro y otros tipos de carnes con hueso, utilizando dos sierras de cortar costillas, modelo Hobart 5801, numero de serie 27-18-5940 y numero de serie 27-093-695, las cuales no fueron utilizadas correctamente. Los empleados no fueron adiestrados en el uso correcto y manejo seguro de dicho equipo debido al hecho de que hacian el corte sin colocar las costillas o cualquier tipo decarne con hueso en la bandeja localizada en lado izquierdo de cada una de las maquinas. Esta bandeja tiene en la parte posterior un pequeno borde levantado, disenado para ser empujado por el empleado y para proteger las manos evitando un empuje directo utilizando sus manos en el punto de operacion. Tambien ellos no fijaban las costillas con el resguardo de acero inoxidable localizado en el lado derecho de cada maquina el cual ayuda a hacer un corte mas seguro. Tampoco estos bajaban el resguardo localizado en la hoja de la sierra hasta el nivel donde la carne con hueso o costilla va a ser cortado de manera tal que cada vez que un empleado hacia un corte un gran espacio de la hoja quedaba sin resguardo. Cada una de esas maquinas tienen una etiqueta que dice: "cuidado hoja y poleas en movimiento, mantenga las manos alejadas, no opere sin tener los cubridores y resguardos en su lugar". Varios de los empleados de esta compania han sufrido accidentes de amputacion porque estos no trabajaron, ni siguieron estos requisitos de seguridad mencionados anteriormente. Riesgo: Amputacion de dedos y manos en el punto de operacion. Entre otro metodos, un metodo de correccion factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es proveer adiestramiento a todos los empleados en el uso correcto y manejo seguro de estas maquinas enfatizando en el uso continuo y obligatorio de los resguardos y de la bandeja. Tambien el patrono debe requerirles el cubrir la hoja de cada sierra hasta el nivel donde la costilla o cualquier otro tipo de carne con hueso va ser cortada."
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2250.00
- · Z (S) $4500.00
1910.212 A03 II
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2001
- Abate by
- Jul 13, 2001
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Source
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