OSHA Inspection: SUIZA DAIRY,CORP.

Issued

Nov 16, 2005

Abate by

Nov 21, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 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. Received serious injuries due to falls of steel plate leaned back to
the loading door of
the dispatch metal tube (metal tube) area.   The connecting means located
at the floor
level to which the steel plate was attached was broken at the sides,
causing that the plate
was not maintained in an upright inclined position without falling
backward
when the
loading door was opened.  Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable
methods
to correct this hazard is to weld a new coupling tube to the steel plate
system.
a. Recibir lesiones serias debido a caidas de una plancha de acero que
estaba recostada
hacia la puerta de carga en el area de despacho.  El medio de conexion
(tubo de metal)
localizado al nivel del piso al cual la placa de metal estaba unida estaba
roto en los lados
causando que la placa no se mantuviera en posicion vertical inclinada sin
caer hacia atras
cuando la puerta del area de carga se abria.  Entre otros metodos, uno
aceptable y
adecuado para corregir esta violacion es soldar un tubo acoplador al
sistema de placa de
acero.