GUAYNABO, PR ·
OSHA Inspection: AEE CONSTRUCCION LINEAS Y SUBESTACIONES
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of AEE CONSTRUCCION LINEAS Y SUBESTACIONES in BO SONADORA ALTA SECTOR EL GATO CARR 834, GUAYNABO, PR 00971 (NAICS 221122). OSHA activity number 307965640.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- AEE CONSTRUCCION LINEAS Y SUBESTACIONES
- Site address
- BO SONADORA ALTA SECTOR EL GATO CARR 834
- City
- GUAYNABO
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00971
- Mailing
- PO BOX 364257, SAN JUAN, PR 00936
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (Y)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 221122
- SIC code (legacy)
- 4911
- Employees
- 20
- Ownership type
- State government (C)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2007
- Abate by
- Oct 17, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $2,975 · Current $1,785 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: At the replacement of an aluminum tower of 80 feet height, located at "Bo. Sonadora, Sector El Gato" street 834, Guaynabo. The employer did not required to place back all the missing members of the tower an did not protect the steel cables that hold the tower in place before the employees start dismantling it neither take the appropriate measures to assure that the tower don't collapse. The employees were removing the electric cables of the tower to place a new tower. They loose the cables and the helicopter pull them out of the tower an lean them over the steel cables that hold the tower in place. When the helicopter pull the last cable an drop it over the steel cables of the tower, it moves an collapse causing that four employees were injured. Hazard: Tower collapse. Among other correction methods, a feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is evaluate the tower by an structural engineer who determine the best way or form to maintained the structural integrity of the tower, replace all the missing parts of the structure, protect the steel cables that maintained the tower in place and try to apply the least load to the support cables of the structure. En el reemplazo de una torre de aluminio de 80 pies de altura, localizada en el Bo. Sonadora sector El Gato, carretera 834, Guaynabo. El patrono no requirio que se colocaran todos los miembros faltantes de la torre y no se protegieron los tensores de la torre antes de que los empleados comenzaran a desmantelar la misma ni tampoco se tomaron las medidas apropiadas para asegurarse de que la torre no colapsara. Los empleados estaban removiendo los cables electricos de la torre para colocar una nueva. Ellos soltaban los cables y el helicoptero los sacaba de la torre y los colocaba descansando sobre los tensores de acero que mantenian la torre en pie. Cuando el helicoptero saco el ultimo cable y lo solto sobre el tensor de la torre, esta se movio y colapso causando que cuatro empleados resultaran heridos. Riesgo: Colapso de la torre. Entre otros metodos de correccion, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es evaluar la torre por un ingeniero estructural el cual determine la mejor forma de mantener la integridad estructural de la torre, reemplazar todos las partes faltantes de la estructura, proteger los cables de acero que mantenian la torre en pie y tratar de aplicar la menor carga posible sobre los cables de soporte de la estructura.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1785.00
- · Z (S) $2975.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 307965640.
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