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OSHA Inspection: BRYSTOL MYERS SQUIBB CORP

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

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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Site address
CARR 2 KM 56.6 BO TRINIDAD
City
BARCELONETA
State
PR
ZIP
00617
Mailing
PO BOX 657, BARCELONETA, PR 00617
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
325412
SIC code (legacy)
2834
Employees
592
Ownership type
A

2 citations on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Deleted Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jul 12, 2006
Abate by
Jul 24, 2006
Penalty
Initial $1,500
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

Deleted Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 3 exposed
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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