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OSHA Inspection: WALMART PR INC/HNC SAM'S CLUB

Follow-up inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a follow-up safety inspection of WALMART PR INC/HNC SAM'S CLUB in AVE COMERIO PLAZA DEL PARQUE 1500 SUITE 120, BAYAMON, PR 00960 (NAICS 452910). OSHA activity number 307924183.

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Site address
AVE COMERIO PLAZA DEL PARQUE 1500 SUITE 120
City
BAYAMON
State
PR
ZIP
00960
Mailing
PMB 725 PO BOX 4960, CAGUAS, PR 00726
Inspection type
Follow-up (F)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
452910
SIC code (legacy)
5399
Employees
345
Ownership type
Private (A)

1 citation on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Other-than-serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 28, 2005
Abate by
Mar 17, 2005
Penalty
Initial $3,500
Section 6(a) of Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act: The
employer did not furnish
employment and a place of employment wich were free from recognized
hazards that were
causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to 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 libre de riesgos reconocidos que estan causando o que
puedan causar muerto
o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados estaban expuestos a:
At the checkout of Walmart P.R., Inc. / hnc Sam's Club, the employees
performe a chekout
procedure checkout,  transfering the merchandise to one cart to another
cart. Each item is lifted,
scanned and then placed in the other empty cart. The following ergonomics
hazard were
observed:
a. Extreme back postures
Employees must bend forward at the waist to access product that in on the
bottom of the basket
of the cart and to place items into the bottom of the basket of the
receiving cart. The main
reason were the flexion was created are with the deeth of the cart.
b. Extension
Employees must reach extended distances to the side and out in front of
their bodies to move
product from  cart to cart. Product placed on the lower shelf of the cart
can  only be reached
using extended arm postures since access is restricted due to the presence
of
the basket of the
cart above.
c. Repetitive lifting
Employees perform higly repetitive lifting. The average lifts per minute
when considering the
entire span of the observation period was about 4 lifts per minute.
d. Extreme hand postures
Performing scanning operation with a gun creates several risk factor to
the hand. Activate  the
scanners trigger create an overuse of the tendons of the hand.
Additionally when the scanning
gun must be held in one hand during the process it limits the amount of
assistance wich that
hand can provide during the lifting process. Extreme wrist bending is also
common as the
product is turned in several differente directions so the bar code can be
located.
Hazard: Increase the force on the back muscles; compressive force on the
spine, muscles fatigue,
overuse of the tendons of the hand.
Among other methods of correction a feasible methods are:
a. Installing a conveyour, were the customers unload product onto a
conveyour feed belt that
brings the product to the cashier. This will eliminate almost half of the
torso nending performed
by employees.
b. Mount the sacnner on support so the employee can use the both hands to
lift the product  then
pass the product under the scanner when the finger force were  minimize.
En el area de cobro de Walmart P.R., Inc./ hnc Sam's Club, los empleados
realizaban el
proceso de cobro, transfiriendo la mercancia de un carrito de compras a
otro. Cada articulo era
levantado y pasado a traves de un "scanner" para obtener el precio de los
articulos y luego
puesto en otro carrito vacio. Donde se observaron los siguientes riesgos
ergonomicos:
a. Posturas extremas de la espalda
Los empleados tenian que flexionarse hacia el frente en el area de la
cintura para obtener los
articulos que se encontraban en la parte de abajo del carrito, y luego
colocarlos en el otro
carrito. La razon principal donde se crea flexion tenia que ver con la
profundidad del carrito de
compras.
b. Extension
Los empleados tenian que extenderse para alcanzar los articulos que se
encontraban distanciados,
hacia los lados, fuera y frente de sus cuerpos para mover los productos de
carro a carro.
Articulos puestos en las areas mas baja del carrito solo  se podian
accesar con una postura de
estiramiento, ya que los productos estaban inaccesibles debido a la
presencia de la canasta.
c. Levantamiento y repeticion
Los empleados realizaban levantamientos altamente repetitivos. El promedio
de levantamiento
por minuto considerando el proceso completo fue de 4 levantamientos por
minutos.
d. Posturas extremas de las manos
Operar el "scanner" podia causar ciertos riesgos en las manos. Al
presionar el gatillo del
"scanner" repetidamente, se sobre utilizan los tendones de la mano. Ademas
el sostener el
"scanner"con una mano limita la cantidad de asistencia que pueda proveer
durante el proceso
de levantamiento. Una flexion extrema de la muneca es comun si el producto
es girado en varias
direcciones para localizar el codigo de barra.
Riesgo: Aumento de fuerza en los musculos de la espalda, comprension en la
espina dorsal,
fatiga del musculo, desgarres musculares, sobre uso  del tendon de la mano.
Entre otros medios de correccion, varios metodos factibles y aceptables
para la correccion de
estos riesgos son los siguientes:
a. Instalar una correa transportadora ("conveyour"), donde los clientes
coloquen los articulos y
estos se muevan a traves de la correa transportadora hacia el cajero.
Eliminando
de esta manera
a traves de la correa transportadora hacia el cajero. Eliminando  de esta
manera la mitad de la
flexion del torso.
b. Montar el "scanner" en un mostrador que permita el uso de las dos manos
para manipular el
producto donde se pueda minimizar la cantidad de fuerza del dedo que tiene
que emplearse.
Recent events (3)
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