OSHA Inspection: UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO EN HUMACAO

Issued

Dec 14, 1999

Abate by

Feb 2, 2000

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:
Graphics arts building - over printing machines Chief-217 and Multilith
Offset-2659, rate air
exhaust system had capture lectures between 0 and 10 ft/min in breathing
zone of employees
when the theorical minimum control velocity is of 50 ft/min as required in
ANSI Z9.2-1979.
Hazard: Exposure or overexposure to chemical gases and vapors.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct the
hazard is to locate the
exhaust hood as close as possible to the point of contaminant dispersal.
En edificio de artes graficas - sobre las maquinas de imprenta Chief-217 y
Multilith Offset-2659,
la velocidad del aire del sistema extraccion tenia lecturas de captura
entre 0 y 10 pies/min en
zona respirable de los empleados cuando la velocidad minima de control
teorica es de 50
pies/min segun requerida en el ANSI Z9.2-1979.
Riesgo: Exposicion o sobrexposicion a gases y vapores quimicos.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable de corregir el riesgo
es de ubicar la
campana de extraccion tan cerca como sea posible al punto de la dispersion
del contaminante.n