OSHA Inspection: CARIBBEAN CINEMAS CORP.

Issued

Oct 10, 2001

Abate by

Oct 16, 2001

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

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:
At the Candy Concessionaire storage room for theater rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4,
located at
Caribbean Cinemas at Plaza Escorial, Carolina: Employees enter the storage
room to retrieve
products for the candy concessionaire and to connect the carbon dioxide
cylinders to the soda
machines.  Their were nine (9) carbon dioxide cylinders from Coca Cola
Corp., identified
with the following markings TC-3ALM124 and DOT-3AL18000, stored together,
free
standing in an upright position, between  a storage rack and the
passageway that leads from
the storage area to the entrance to the storage room, were employee pass
to retrieve products.
The cylinders were not secured or stored in an area were they would not
likely be knocked
over as required by the Handbook of Compressed Gases, Second Edition from
the
Compressed Gas Association, Part I, Chapter 4, Section A, 3.5.8 that
states that  The user
shall store containers standing upright where they are not likely to be
knocked over, or
containers shall be secured in an upright or horizontal position.
Hazard: Struck by cylinders or projectile cylinders from damage inflicted
to the cylinder
valve.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to secure
the cylinders or store them in an area were they are not likely to be
knocked over.
En el almacen del Concesionario de Dulces de las Salas 1, 2, 3 y 4,
ubicado en el Caribbean
Cinemas en Plaza Escorial, Carolina: Empleados entran al almacen para
recoger productos
para el concesionario de dulces y conectar los cilindros de dioxido de
carbono a la maquina
de refrescos.  Habian nueve (9) cilindros de dioxido de carbono de Coca
Cola Corp.,
identificados con las siguientes marcas TC-3ALM124 y DOT-3AL18000,
almacenados
juntos, parados sin asegurar en posicion vertical, entre un anaquel de
almacenaje y el pasillo
que da entre el area de almacenaje y la entrada al almacen, por donde
pasan los empleados
a recoger productos.  Los cilindros no estaban asegurados o almacenados en
un area donde
con mayor probabilidad no sean derribados, como requerido por el Manual de
Gases
Compresos, Segunda Edicion de la Asociacion de Gases Compresos, Parte I,
Capitulo 4,
Seccion A, 3.5.8 que establece que  El usuario almacenara los recipientes
parados
en
posicion vertical donde alla mayor probabilidad de que ellos no sean
derribados, o los
recipientes seran asegurados en posicion vertical u horizontal.
Riesgo: Ser impactado por cilindros o cilindros proyectiles debido a dano
sufrido por las
valvulas de los cilindros.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo, es de asegurar
los cilindros o almacenarlos en un area donde alla mayor probabilidad de
que ellos no sean
derribados.

Issued

Oct 10, 2001

Abate by

Oct 22, 2001

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500

Issued

Oct 10, 2001

Abate by

Oct 22, 2001

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500

Issued

Oct 10, 2001

Abate by

Oct 22, 2001

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $900

Issued

Oct 10, 2001

Abate by

Oct 22, 2001

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $900