OSHA Inspection: DEPTO. DE HACIENDA-NEGOCIADO DE ARBITRIOS

Issued

2005-06-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1350.00 · Current $675.00 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 insufficience in occupancy space delay
emergency
access to exit of square shape work office 20 feet length by 20 feet width
occupied with
15 employees and office equipment. At the time of the inspection, office
operation were
performed by employees. Among other method one feasible and acceptable
methods to
correct this hazard is to provide 100 sq.ft. floor area per person: As
required in NFPA
1985 Sec. 27-1.7.1 (or later edition)
a. Recibir serias lesiones debido a insuficiente espacio de ocupacion que
dilata el acceso
a salida de emergencia en oficina de trabajo en forma cuadrada, 20 pies de
largo por 20
pies de ancho con 15 empleados y equipo de oficina. Al momento de la
inspeccion
empleados realizaban operaciones de oficina. Entre otros metodos, un
metodo aceptable
y posible para corregir este riesgo es proveer 100 pies cuadrados de area
por persona:
segun requiere NFPA 1985 Sec. 27-1.7.1 (o version adelantada)