OSHA Inspection: DE- ESC. LUIS LLORENS TORRES

Issued

Oct 25, 2005

Abate by

Nov 21, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,350

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 inhalation of toxic emanations from chemicals
stored at class
room #11 work area. Chemicals were used for demostrations in class. At the
time of
inspection the chemicals were stored unrestricted by safety measures in a
wood cabinet.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this
hazard is, but not limited to:
1. Disposed the chemicals out of the work area by means of decommimission
or other
approved means.
2. Place them in to approved chemical safety cabinets by hazard
classification.
Recibir lesiones debido a inhalacion de emanaciones toxicas de quimicos
almacenados en
area de trabajo en salon de clases #11. Los quimicos eran usados para
demostraciones
en clase. Al momento de la inspeccion, los quimicos estaban almacenados
sin resticciones
por medidas de seguridad en un gabinete de madera. Entre otros metodos, un
metodo
factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es, pero no limitado a:
1. Disponer de los quimicos fuera del area de trabajo por medio de
decomizacion u otro
medio aprobado.
2. Ubicarlos en gabinetes de seguridad aprobados para quimicos y
clasificados por
riesgos.

Issued

Oct 15, 2005

Abate by

Nov 10, 2005

Penalty

Initial $900