OSHA Inspection: MUNICIPIO AUTONOMO DE PONCE -DPTO DE ORNATO

Issued

Feb 13, 2002

Abate by

Feb 21, 2002

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 impacts by motor vehicle. Employees doing
street maintenance
jobs (ornate) during nigth hours were not using warning garments with
reflectorized
material, neither their garbage cars had reflectorized material. Amomg
other methods,
one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to
provide
reflective warning garments and to stick reflective materials to garbage
cars.
a. Recibir lesiones debido a impactos de vehiculos motorizados. Empleados
que realizan
trabajos de mantenimientos de calles (Ornato) en horas de la noche no
fueron provistos
de chalecos con material reflectivo, tampoco sus carros de basura tenian
material
reflectivo. Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y efectivo para
corregir este riesgo
es proveerles este chaleco con material reflectivo y pegarle material
reflectivo a los
carros de basura.

Issued

Feb 13, 2002

Abate by

Feb 21, 2002

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 intestinal and urinary system illnesses due to the
absence of toilet
facilities. Employees working during night in the maintenance of the
street (ornate) did
not have toilet facilities. Among other methods, one feasible and
acceptable abatement
method to correct this hazard is the instalation of sanitary services at
the registration and
rest area.
a. Recibir enfermedades del sistema intestinal y urinaria serias debido a
la ausencia de
servicios sanitarios. Empleados que trabajan en horas nocturnas realizando
labores
de
ornato en calles del municipio y no tienen disponible banos. Entre otros
metodos, un
metodo aceptable y posible es instalar servicio sanitario en el area de
registro y descanso.

Issued

Feb 13, 2002

Abate by

Feb 19, 2002