OSHA Inspection: NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORES HNC MARSHALLS

Issued

Nov 8, 2000

Abate by

Nov 21, 2000

Penalty

Initial $938 · Current $938

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.  At establishment. Building, left side to north, storage area.  Receive
injuries from
uncontrolled fire due to interference to sprinklers discharge patterns.
At the time of
inspection the sprinklers were not 18 inches cleared from stored
merchandise boxes and
fixed lighting.  Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable
abatement method to
correct this hazard is to ensure that the minimun unobstructed clearence
space from
sprinklers is 18 inches.
a.  En establecimiento.  Edificio, lado izquierdo hacia norte, area
almacen.  Recibir
lesiones por fuego incontrolado, debido a interferencia de patrones de
descarga de
rociadores.  Al momento de inspeccion los rociadores no estaban espaciados
a 18
pulgadas de cajas de mercancia almacenada e iluminacion fija.  Entre otros
metodos, un
metodo aceptable y posible para corregir este riesgo es asegurar que el
espacio sin
obstruir minimo a los rociadores sea de 18 pulgadas.

Issued

Nov 8, 2000

Abate by

Nov 16, 2000

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Nov 8, 2000

Abate by

Nov 16, 2000

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Nov 8, 2000

Abate by

Nov 16, 2000

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $375

Issued

Nov 8, 2000

Abate by

Nov 14, 2000