OSHA Inspection: DS-SALUD AMBIENTAL

Issued

2000-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-08-25 00:00:00

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.  Receive injuries due to delay to means of egress in the area office,
south side.There
were seven(7) employees with (7) seven descks in an area of 15'x
16'feet,and do not
have minimal occupancies requirements according to NFPA 101 Life Safety
Code
1985,cap.27,section 27-1.7.1(shall be no less than one person per 100
sq.feet).Among
other methods,one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is
to move to
a bigger office.
a.  Recibir lesiones debido a la demora hacia puertas de salidas en el
area de la oficina,
parte sur del edificio. La oficina media 15 pies x 16 pies; teniendo
siete(7) escritorios
y siete empleados,y no tenian el minimo de ocupacion requerido de acuerdo
al NFPA
101 Life Code 1985,cp.27, seccion 27-1.7.1 (no debera ser menos de 100
pies
cuadrados por persona). Entre otros metodos, uno seguro y aceptable para
corregir este
riesgo es mudarse a una oficina mas grande.