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OSHA Inspection: DE ESC NUESTRA SENORA DE COVADONGA

Referral inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of DE ESC NUESTRA SENORA DE COVADONGA in CARR 846 KM 1.6 BO. LAS CUEVAS, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976 (NAICS 611110). OSHA activity number 308099621.

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Site address
CARR 846 KM 1.6 BO. LAS CUEVAS
City
TRUJILLO ALTO
State
PR
ZIP
00976
Mailing
P.O. BOX 190759, SAN JUAN, PR 00919
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
611110
SIC code (legacy)
8211
Employees
37
Ownership type
C

1 citation on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 05 10 instances 5 exposed
Issued
May 19, 2006
Abate by
Jun 15, 2006
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500
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 vomits, headache, itching nose and eyes, throat
irritation,
constant coughing and asphyxia due to the objectionable odors leakage
inside school. At
the Departamento de Educacion, at Escuela Nuestra Senora de Covadonga,
where the
employees were doing learning duties, it was documented the following:
1) The fat trap was operating as a solid precipitation pit allowing the
escape of
solids thru the dragging line up to pump station that was flowing to the
terrain.
2) It was observed that the school sewage water pump station was out of
service.
A smoke test was conducted on march 15, 2006 by Junta de Calidad Ambiental
Staff to
identified the sites by where the objectionable odors were leaking and
enter to the place
of employment where the employees were working. The results of these test
were
the
following:
Smoke test #1:
Smoke was injected from cleaning register located at the back of the
bathrooms of first
level and it were found and documented the following:
1) Smoke leakage: at the first level of the school, by discharge pipes
where in the
past exist a drinking fountain.
2) Smoke leakage: at the boy's bathroom in the first level of the school,
by
discharge pipes of a lavatory.
3) The first level ventilators emissions shift inside the school.
Smoke test #2:
Smoke was injected from exposed discharge pipes at the schoolar lunchroom
and it was
observed the following:
1) At the schoolar lunchroom: smoke leakage by exposed pipe under washbowl
annexed at the food service zone.
2) At the schoolar lunchroom: smoke leakage by exposed pipe at the wall
that
accesss to exit schoolar lunchroom supervisor office.
3) At the schoolar lunchroom: smoke leakage at the discharge link-up of a
multiple kitchen sink in use.
4) Smoke leakage by a cleaning register next to the fat trap.
5) Smoke leakage by fat trap discharge link-up.
Among another methods, feasible and acceptable methods are the following:
1) Improve the fat trap discharge link-up.
2) Correct the defects on the discharge pipes found by smoke test.
3) Fix the schoolar sewage water pump station.
Empleados estuvieron expuestos a vomitos, dolor de cabeza, picor en los
ojos y nariz,
irritacion de garganta, tos constante y asfixia debido a los escapes de
olores objetables
dentro del plantel escolar. En el Departamento de Educacion, en la Escuela
Nuestra
Senora de Covadonga, donde los empleados estaban dando clases, se
documento lo
siguiente:
1) Trampa de grasa estaba operando como un poceto de precipitacion de
solidos
permitiendo la fuga de las mismas por la linea de arrastre hasta la
estacion de
bombas que esta descargando al terreno.
2) Se observo que la estacion de bombas de aguas usadas del plantel estaba
fuera
de servicio.
Personal de la Junta de Calidad Ambiental realizo una prueba de humo el
dia 15 de
marzo de 2006 con el proposito de identificar los lugares por donde se
escapaban
los
olores objetables e invadian los lugares donde laboraban los empleados de
la escuela. Los
resultados de las pruebas fueron los siguientes:
Prueba de Humo #1:
Se inyecto el humo desde el registro de limpieza de la parte posterior de
los banos del
primer nivel y se encontro y documento lo siguiente:
1) Escape de humo por la tuberia de descarga donde en el pasado habia una
fuente de agua en el primer nivel.
2) Escape de humo por tubo de descarga de un lavamanos en el bano de ninos
del
primer nivel.
3) La emision de los ventiladores del primer nivel se desplaza hacia el
interior de
la escuela.
Prueba de Humo #2:
Se inyecto humo por una tuberia de descarga expuesta en el comedor escolar
y se
observo lo siguiente:
1) Escape de humo por tubo expuesto bajo contenedor de enjuague anejo a la
zona de servicio de comidas.
2) Escape de humo por tubo expuesto localizado en la pared que da acceso a
la
salida de la oficina del supervisor de comedores.
3) Escape de humo en la acometida de descarga de los fregaderos multiples
en
uso. El humo gana acceso hasta la linea de un receptaculo eletrico
inmediato al
contenedor del lavado.
4) Escape de humo por un registro de limpieza inmediato a la trampa de
grasa.
5) Escape de humo por las acometidas de descarga de la trampa de grasa.

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