OSHA Inspection: CONSTRUCCIONES DEL CENTRO

Issued

Oct 20, 2003

Abate by

Oct 23, 2003

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $350 Reduced

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 serious injuries due to employees fall from forklift truck.
The employees
were lifted on a platform of forklift truck, trademark Highlander, serial
#98W21P22-
1616, model 844C-42 in warehouse in construction, west side without
guardrail system
or fall arrest system of 13 feet high aproximately above lower level.
Among
other
methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement metod to correct this
hazard is to provide
fall arrest system or correct platform for elevating personnel according
to ANSI B56.6b-
1990, sec 8.25.1.
a.  Recibir lesiones serias dado a caida de empleado de camion montacarga.
Los
empleados fueron subidos en plataforma de camion montacarga, marca
Highlander, serie
#98W21P-22-1616, modelo 844C-42 en almacen en construccion, lado oeste sin
sistema
de barandas o sistema de detencion de caidas a 13 pies de alto
aproximadamente sobre
el nivel mas bajo.  Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible de
corregir este
riesgo es proveer un sistema de detencion de caias o una plataforma para
levantar
personal de acuerdo a ANSI B56.6b-1990, sec 8.25.1.