OSHA Inspection: SOUTHER FABRICATOR & ERECTORS INC.

Issued

2000-11-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

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 serious injuries which can cause physical impairment or death
due to falls
from different working levels of a telecomunication tower constructed in
the Electric
Power Authority facilities at Hostos Ave., Ponce, P.R.  Employees wearing
fall
protection harnesses were ascending and descending through the diagonal
braces
of a 120
feet high tower without being tied of to vertical rope lifelines by means
of the lanyards.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
enforce a fall protection system program so that the employees be
protected when
working six feet or more in height from the ground level.
a.  Recibir lesiones serias que pueden causar danos fisicos o muerte
debido a caida de
diferentes niveles de trabajo en una torre de telecomunicacion construida
en la Autoridad
de Energia Electrica, Ave. Hostos, Ponce,P.R. Empleados usando el arnes
para
proteccion a caidas ascendian y descendian a traves de las barras
diagonales de una torre
de 120 pies de alto sin estar atados a una cuerda salvadivas vertical por
medio de un
"lanyard".
Entre otros metodos un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo
es poner en
vigor un programa de proteccion a caidas para que los empleados esten
protegidos cien
por ciento cuando trabajan a seis o mas de altura del nivel de la tierra.

Issued

2000-11-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1750.00 · Current $1750.00