OSHA Inspection: AEE TECNICA DE PUERTO NUEVO

Issued

May 21, 2003

Abate by

Jun 17, 2003

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:
At the Distribution Dispatch facilities in Monacillos, the employer did
not re-trained his
employees in the safety practices,for performing this tasks in appropiate
way and without
safety and health risks, safety procedures and other safety requirements
related to their
job assignments. The omission in steps of the procedures related to the
distribution
system caused that other employees that were performed works in an
electric lines were
affected. The employees were controlling the electric system through the
computer
station.
Among other correction methods one feasible and acceptable methods to
correct this
hazard was re-training the employees in the procedures related to the
system distribution
operations.
Hazards: Electric shocks.
En las facilidades de Despacho y Distribucion en Monacillos, el patrono no
re-adiestro
a sus empleados en las practicas seguras, procedimientos de seguridad y
otros
requerimientos de seguridad, para realizar las mismas de manera adecuada y
sin riesgo
a su seguridad y salud, relacionados a sus tareas de trabajo. La omision
en pasos de los
procedimientos, relacionados a las operaciones del sistema de
distribucion, causo que
otros empleados que estaban realizando trabajos en lineas electricas
resultaran afectados.
Los empleados estaban controlando el sistema electrico a traves de la
estacion de
computadora.
Entre otros metodos de correccion un metodo factible y aceptable para
corregir este
riesgo es re-adiestrar a los  empleados en los procedimientos relacionados
a las
operaciones del sistema de distribucion.
Riesgo: Choques electricos.n.

Issued

May 21, 2003

Abate by

Jun 17, 2003