OSHA Inspection: DE ESC JOSE NEVAREZ LANDRON

Issued

Oct 29, 2003

Abate by

Nov 18, 2003

Penalty

Initial $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:
At Jose Nevarez Landron School, the employees were teaching in their
classrooms, such
as: classrooms D7, B5 and surrounding classrooms, while being exposed to
cement dust
and excesive noise due to several structural improvements being done in
the school
facilities at regular school hours.
Hazard: Contact with dust allergens.
Among other methods to correct this hazard, is to move the affected
personnel to other
areas.
En la Escuela Jose Nevarez Landron, los empleados estaban dando clases
dentro de sus
respectivos salones, tales como: salones D7, B5 y salones aledanos,
estando expuestos
a polvo de cemento y a ruido excesivo debido a unas mejoras estructurales
que se estaban
llevando a cabo en el plantel durante horario escolar.
Riesgo: Contacto con alergenos de polvo.
Entre otros metodos de correccion para este riesgo se encuentra el
reubicar al personal
mas expuesto a otras areas.