OSHA Inspection: OSVALDO MORALES CARABALLO

Issued

2001-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1500.00

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 due to contact with energized power lines,
4000 volts; at two
story building, 16 feet height when roof construction operations were
performed. At the
time of inspection, employees perform roof formworks operations 8.5
distance height
from energized power lines. Among other methods, one feasible and
acceptable
method
to correct this hazard is to deenergize the lines, relocated the lines, or
installed protective
coverings on lines by notification to electrical system operator.
a. Recibir lesiones serias debido a contacto con lineas energizadas, 4000
volts; en
edificio de dos pisos, 16 pies de alto cuando operaciones de construccion
de techo eran
realizadas. Al momento de la inspeccion, empleados realizaban operaciones
de
construccion de moldes de techo a 8.5 pies de distancia de lineas
energizadas. Entre otros
metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible para corregir este riesgo es
desenergizar las
lineas, reubicar las lineas o instalar cubiertas protectoras mediante
notificacion a operador
del sistema electrico.on