OSHA Inspection: SYNERGY GROUP SE

Issued

Oct 5, 2005

Abate by

Oct 5, 2005

Penalty

Initial $2,275 · Current $1,336 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 burns due to employee using welding machine with cable
in wet
floor. The machine trademark Lincoln Electric, serial #L977666350, model
P216G-
1/11421H was located in first floor building in construction, south side.
Among other
methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this
hazard
is to
prohibit employees perform welding works in wet floor.
a.  Recibir serias quemaduras dado a empleado usando maquina de soldar con
cable
en piso mojado. La maquina marca Lincoln Electric, serie #L977666350,
modelo
P216G-1/11421H estaba localizada en el primer piso del edificio en
construccion, lado
sur. Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible de corregir este
riesgo es
prohibirle a los empleados realizar trabajos de soldadura en piso mojado.