OSHA Inspection: FERRETERIA EL YUNQUE #2

Issued

Sep 9, 2005

Abate by

Sep 28, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $525 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 exposed to the hazard of being caught between the chassis and
bed
of the
dump truck. It observed that the Truck trademark Izusu (2003) had the
power cables,
which are used to raise and lower the truck bed, broken. Employees had to
crawl in
between the chassis and bed to operate the raising mechanism to deposit
construction
material as sand and stone. The employees were doing their tasks as driver
at the El
Yunque #2 Hardware Store, located on Road #3 Km 25.9, Rio Grande.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is repair
the power cables of the truck.
Empleados expuestos al riesgo de quedar pillados entre la tumba y el
chasis del camion.
Se observo que el camion marca Izusu (2003) tenia los cables de energia
rotos, los cuales
se usan para subir y bajar la tumba del camion. Los empleados tienen que
meterse entre
el chasis y la tumba para activar el mecanismo de elevar para depositar
material
de
construccion tales como arena y piedra. Los empleados realizaban sus
tareas como
choferes en la Ferreteria El Yunque #2, localizado en la Carr. #3 Km 25.9,
Rio Grande.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo apropiado y acceptable para corregir este
riesgo es
reparar los cables del power del camion.

Issued

Sep 9, 2005

Abate by

Sep 14, 2005

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $300 Reduced