OSHA Inspection: SELECTOS VISTAMAR INC.

Issued

2005-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00 · Current $250.00 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:
Employees were exposed to serious injuries such as Frostbite and
Hypothermia caused
by the expousure to lower temperatures.
There were three instances of the freezers, trademark Carroll Cooler,
located at Selectos
Supermarket in Carolina that the inside door handle were missing:
1. Freezer #1, Serial # 13759, located on the second floor.
2. Freezer #1, Serial # 13756, located on the meat product department.
3. Freezer #2, Serial # 13757, located on the meat product department.
Hazard: Employees can be locked within the refrigerator.
Amond other methods, one feasible and aceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
repair or reinstall handles to the freezers to open the door from inside.
Empleados estaban expuestos a lesiones serias tales como Congelacion e
Hipotermia
causado por la exposicion a temperaturas bajas.
Habia tres instancias de Congeladores, marca Carroll Cooler, localizados
en el
Supermercado Selectos de Carolina que le faltaba la perilla interior de la
puerta.
1. Congelador #1, Serie # 13759, localizado en el segundo piso.
2. Congelador #1, Serie # 13756, localizado en la carniceria.
3. Congelador #2, Serie # 13757, localizado en la carniceria.
Riesgo: Empleados pueden quedar atrapados dentro del congelador.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible para corregir este riesgo es
reparar o reinstalar
las perillas a los congeladores para abrir la puerta desde el interior.