OSHA Inspection: AE GROUP CORP

Issued

Aug 13, 2004

Abate by

Aug 18, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,200

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 second floor of the Escorial Office Building I, under construction,
A&E Group
employees were observed installing precast walls by the edge, at a height
of 11 feet from the
lower level, and these employees wore body harness hanging loose from
their body, in
contradiction of the Fall Arrest System instructions.
Hazard: Fall, employees being pinched by the harness and impact by loose
harness.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard
is to wear the harness snug to the body.
En el segundo piso del edificio en construccion  Escorial Office Building
I, empleados de
A&E Group fueron observados instalando paredes prefabricadas al lado de un
borde, a una
altura de 11 pies sobre el nivel inferior, y estos empleados usaban
sueltos sus arnes, en
contradiccion a las instrucciones del sistema de proteccion contra caidas.
Riesgo: Caida, que los empleados se pinchen con el arnes o reciban un
impacto del arnes
suelto.
Entre otros metodos de correcion un metodo factible y aceptable para
corregir este riesgo es
utilizar el arnes ajustado al cuerpo.o

Issued

Aug 13, 2004

Abate by

Aug 18, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

Issued

Aug 13, 2004

Abate by

Aug 18, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $900 Reduced

Issued

Aug 13, 2004

Abate by

Aug 18, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,200