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OSHA Inspection: LAS AMERICAS BAKERY

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of LAS AMERICAS BAKERY in EXTENSION MARIANI C-K ESQ CG, PONCE, PR 00731 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 303524623.

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Establishment
LAS AMERICAS BAKERY
Site address
EXTENSION MARIANI C-K ESQ CG
City
PONCE
State
PR
ZIP
00731
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
2051
Employees
5
Ownership type
Private (A)
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

1 citation on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Oct 9, 2002
Abate by
Oct 18, 2002
Penalty
Initial $1,400 · Current $1,400
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: Cause serious injuries due to the lack of safety training related to
the operation and
maintenance of bakery equipment. An employee was working with a dough
brake passing
the dough between the cylinders, and the employee try to get out a piece
of dough that
was trapped between the cylinders with the machine running and his left
arm
was crushed
between the cylinders.
Among others methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to train the employees in the safe operation and maintenance of
the bakery
equipment.Reference to the ANZI Z 50.1-1994,and the operation Manual of
the Dough
brake.
a:  Causar lesiones serias  relacionada con la falta de adiestramiento de
seguridad
relacionado con la operacion y mantenimiento del equipo de la panaderia.
Un empleado
estaba trabajando con una sobadora pasando la masa del pan entre los
cilindros. Un
pedazo de la masa se quedo pinchada entre los cilindros y el empleado
trato de sacar el
pedazo de masa con la maquina funcionando y su mano derecha quedo pillada
entre los
cilindros.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible de corregir este riesgo
es adiestrar
a los empleados en la operacion y mantenimiento seguro del equipo de la
panaderia
Referencia al ANSI Z50.1-1994 y el Manual de Operaciones de las Sobadoras.

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