BARCELONETA, PR —
OSHA Inspection: BRYSTOL MYERS SQUIBB CORP
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of BRYSTOL MYERS SQUIBB CORP in CARR 2 KM 56.6 BO TRINIDAD, BARCELONETA, PR 00617 (NAICS 325412). OSHA activity number 305830861.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BRYSTOL MYERS SQUIBB CORP
- Site address
- CARR 2 KM 56.6 BO TRINIDAD
- City
- BARCELONETA
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00617
- Mailing
- PO BOX 657, BARCELONETA, PR 00617
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 325412
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2834
- Employees
- 592
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2006
- Abate by
- Jul 24, 2006
- 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: fractures, amputations and other serious hazards, at Bristol Myers Squibb in Barceloneta at Non- Lactam Building, employees were permitted to work with the following equipments (milling machine (quadromill,fitsmill), drum lifter and other equipments) without received hands on training to apply written procedures in the use of such equipments, before each employee assigned to work with those equipments worked alone. The employer did not evaluate the knowledge and dextery of each employee assigned to perform milling tasks and the application of each stage of the written procedure like machine assembling/disassembling, use of drum lifter, changing drums,"roto-valve" verification, etc. One feasible and acceptable abatement method among others to correct this hazard is: Establish a training certification program that include that each employee assigned to operate a milling machine or other equipment receive a "hands on training" and be evaluate to assure proper knowledge of the written procedures and equipment use. fracturas, amputaciones y otros riesgo serios, en Bristol Myers Squibb en Barceloneta en el Edificio de Non-Lactam, se permitio que los empleados trabajaran con los siguientes equipos ( maquina pulverizadora (quadromill, fitzmill), estacion de carga de solidos "drum lifter" sin haber recibido un adiestramiento practico para aplicar los procedimientos escritos en el uso de estos equipos, antes que cada empleado asignado a operar esos equipos trabajara solo. El patrono no evaluo el conocimiento y la destreza de cada empleado asignado a realizar tareas de molienda y la aplicacion de cada etapa del procedimiento escrito como montar/desmontar maquinas pulverizadoras, uso de estacion de carga de solidos, cambios de drones y verificacion de "roto- valve" entre otros. Un metodo factible y aceptable de correccion, ademas de otros metodos para corregir este riesgo es; Establecer un programa de certificacion de adiestramiento que incluya que cada empleado que le sea asignado operar una maquina pulverizadora u otro equipo reciba un adiestramiento practico y se evaluado para asegurar el conocimiento apropiado de los procedimientos escritos y el uso del equipo.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S) $1500.00
1910.165 B02
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2006
- Abate by
- Jul 20, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $1,500
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S) $1500.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 305830861.
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