OSHA Inspection: COCO BEACH MAINTENANCE, INC.

Issued

Sep 22, 2006

Abate by

Sep 27, 2006

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 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 falls from a moving pick up truck while being transported on the
cargo area of a pick
up truck trademark Ford Ranger, year 1997 and plate # 592257.  One
employee fell from the
vehicle and hitted the pavement with his head, he loosed consiousness and
was transfered to the
hospital where he died 4 days later.  The accident occured inside the
premises of Coco Beach
Complex on the road tha goes from the Treatment Plant to an area behind
security guard
building.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is following
the vehicle owner's manual instructions that states that persons can't be
allowed
to ride in the
cargo compartment.
Empleados se caigan del compartimiento de carga de la camioneta "pick up"
mientras sean
transportados en el compartimiento de carga de la camioneta Ford Ranger,
ano 1997 con # de
tablilla 592257.  Un empleado cayo del vehiculo y se golpeo en la cabeza
perdiendo el
conocimiento y fue transportado al hospital donde murio cuatro dias
despues.  El accidente
ocurrio en los terrenos del Complejo de Coco Beach en la carretera que va
desde la Planta de
Tratamiento a el area posterior de la caseta de los guardias.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo  factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es seguir las
instrucciones del manual del dueno del vehiculo que establece que no se
debe permitir viajar
personas en el compartimiento de carga del vehiculo.