OSHA Inspection: ALL ENGINEERING SERVICES

Issued

Aug 19, 2003

Abate by

Aug 29, 2003

Penalty

Initial $1,225 · Current $1,225

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.  Receive injuries due to emplyee fall from power shovel. The employee
was using the
power shovel of a digger trademark Caterpilar, Model 416B as
walking/working surface
at 7 feet high approximately above lower level. The employee was filling a
column at
the northeast of the construcction site. Among other methods, one feasible
and acceptable
abatement method to correct this hazard is to provide a safe
walking/working surface
with standard guard rails or personal fall arrest system.
a.  Recibir lesiones debido a caida de empleado de pala mecanica. El
empleado estaba
usando la pala mecanica de excavadora marca Caterpilar, modelo 416B como
superficie
de transito/trabajo a 7 pies de alto aproximadamente sobre el nivel mas
bajo. El
empleado estaba llenando una columna en el lado noreste en el sitio en
construccion.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible de corregir este riesgo
es proveer
una superficie de transito/trabajo segura con barandas regulares o sistema
personal de
detencion de caidas.