OSHA Inspection: DF OFC LOCAL RIO PIEDRAS IV

Issued

2005-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00

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:
At the Rio Piedras IV, Family Department,File Area: While the employees
performed
files works, its was observed that the drawers of the archives were
defective with made
with steel cable, it were loosed easely, bended, exposed corners of the
drawers and
stuched.
Hazard: Pricks.
Among other method, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is remplace the old archives by news.
Departamento de la Familia, Rio Piedras IV, Area de Archivo: Mientras los
empleados
realizaban trabajos de archivar expedientes, se observo que las gavetas de
los archivos
estaban defectuosas con sus agaraderas hechas con alambres dulces, los
mismos se
desprendian con facilidad, dobladas, exponiendo las puntas de las gavetas,
y atoradas.
Riesgo: Pilladuras.
Entre otros metodos accesibles y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es
reemplazar los
viejos archivos por nuevos.s

Issued

2005-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-10-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1275.00

Issued

2005-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00