CAROLINA, PR —
OSHA Inspection: SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO in URB IND EL COMANDANTE LOTE 1, CAROLINA, PR 00630 (NAICS 337910). OSHA activity number 308099290.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO
- Site address
- URB IND EL COMANDANTE LOTE 1
- City
- CAROLINA
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00630
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 337910
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2515
- Employees
- 50
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $1125.00 · Current $1125.00
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 Sealy Mattress Co. of Puerto Rico located at Urb. Industrial El Comandante Ave. San Marcos #1 Carolina, it was learned that the employer failed to follow spring units crate warning having an employee working on a broken Bale opener, manufactured and sold by SpGhlAnderson, BK6 model, 6137 serial number, using two 2 ton chain hoists to hold the die down in order to hold a 15 compressed spring units while the employee cut the wires that held it compressed. The employee stood on top of the die and the compressed spring units while cutting the wires. While the employee cut the wires the chain hoist, manufactured by Wisdom, 16-CH2W-1 model no., next to the Bale opener controls, failed. The spring mattress units decompressed at once and catapulted the press die and employee. Therefore, the employer had employees working: With and on a defective press; a press modified substituting the mechanism that kept compressed the spring units and decompressed them, with two chain hoist; failing to follow the compressed spring units crate warning which stated failure to use equipment capable of sustaining at least 18,000 pounds of force may result in serious injury by substituting the mechanism that kept compressed the spring units and decompressed them, with two chain hoists having a load capacity of 2 Ton each; and having an employee cutting the wires that kept the crate spring units compressed, while standing on top of the crate. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard was: Replace the Bale opener press. Render out of operation the Bale opener until fixed. Hazard:Crush, impact, and fall En Sealy Mattress Co. de Puerto Rico localizado en la Urb. Industrial El Comandante Ave. San Marcos #1 Carolina, se llego al conocimiento de que el patrono fallo al no seguir la advertencia del embalaje de unidades de resortes al tener empleados trabajando en un Bale Opener manufacturado y vendido por SpGhlAnderson, modelo BK6, numero de serie 6137, usando dos gruas de cadena para mantener el dado abajo, para mantener las quince unidades de resortes compresas, mientras el empleado cortaba los cables que las mantenian compresas. El empleadose paraba encima del dado y de las unidades de resortes compresas mientras cortaba los cables. Mientras el empleado cortaba los cables, la grua de cadena, manufacturada por Wisdom, numero de model 16-CH2W-1, que se encontraba cerca de los controles del Bale opener fallo. Las unidades de resortes se descomprimieron subitamente, lanzando al dado de la prensa y al empleado. Resumiendo, el patrono tenia empleados trabajando: Con y encima de una prensa defectuosa; una prensa que habia sido modificada substituyendo el mecanismo que mantenia las unidades de resorte compresas y que las descomprimian, usando dos gruas de cadena. fallando en seguir la advertencia de peligro del embalaje de unidades de resorte que decia: fallar en utilizar equipo capaz de resistir por lo menos 18,000 libras de fuerza puede resultar en dano fisico serio, sustituyendo el mecaniasmo que mantenia compresas las unidades de resorte y que las descomprimia, con dos gruas de cadena que tenian una capacidad cada una de 2 toneladas; y mantener empleados cortando los cables que mantenian compresas las unidades de resortes, mientras se paraban encima del embalaje. Entre otros metodos, algunos accesibles y aceptables eran: Reemplazar la prensa Bale opener. Declarar fuera de operacion la unidad Bale opener hasta que fuese reparada. Riesgo: Aplastamiento, impacto, y caidato,
Recent events (2)
- — J (O) $1125.00
- — Z (S) $1125.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 308099290.