OSHA Inspection: CARIBBEAN WELDERS INC

Issued

May 9, 2002

Abate by

May 21, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

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 the use of unsafe cat towers supporting the
weigth of 10 metal
pipes of 270 pounds each, 17'6" in lenght, 4" in diameters, schedule 80,
stored at 36"
in height from the floor level.  An employee was working under the pipes
when one of
the towers legs fail, resulting that the pipes slides down hitting the
employee's
head.
Among others method, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to use
safe towers designed to support weight in excess of the load to be applied.
a.  Recibir lesiones serias debido al uso de gatos de torre inseguros
sosteniendo el peso
de 10 tubos de metal de 270 libra cada uno, 17'6" de largo, 4" de
diametro, "schedule"
80, almacenados a 36" de altura desde el nivel del piso.  Un empleado
trabajaba debajo
los tubos cuando una de las patas de una torre fallo, resultando que
algunos de los tubos
se deslizaron y le golpearon la cabeza.  Entre otros metodos, uno factible
y aceptable es
usar torres seguras, disendas para sostener peso en exceso a la carga que
va hacer
aplicada.

Issued

May 8, 2002

Abate by

May 16, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500