OSHA Inspection: DS HOSP RAMON E BETANCES

Issued

2002-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-06-22 00:00:00

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)Tuberculosis due to been working with persons with infectious pulmonary
tuberculosis in areas in the TB clinic in Centro Medico Casa de Salud
Building
with UV lamps used for more than two years.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this hazard is: to make sure the UV lamps are working properly (the color
is not
necessary an indication that they are working) and/or change it for new
ones.
a)Tuberculosis debido a estar trabajando con personas con tuberculosis
pulmonar
infecciosa en area de la Clinica de TB en el Edificio de la Casa de Salud
del
Centro Medico con lamparas UV de mas de dos anos.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo razonable y aceptable de corregir este
riesgo es:
asegurar que las lamparas esten trabajando adecuadamente (el color no es
necesariamente un indicativo de que estas esten trabajando) y/o cambiarlas
por
nuevas."as

Issued

2002-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-06-22 00:00:00

Issued

2002-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-06-22 00:00:00