OSHA Inspection: DE-ESC CARMEN ROSARIO

Issued

2005-09-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

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:
a)Tripping and falling hazards causing severes contusions, lacerations,
abrasions
and death in case of structural collapse.
Employees were working daily and continually as a teachers in different
concrete
buildings of some classrooms which have so many cracks on the floor, walls,
columns and beams causing a serious unlevel problem on the floor.
Previosly
one of them fell down by collapse due to the settlement situation.  The
Puerto
Rico Fire Department made a complete inspection of the work area and they
recomended an evaluation of the affected area by a structural engineer and
a soil
study in such a manner that can be demonstrate if the structure is secure
for the
use of employees.
Location:  The different concrete buildings located at the Carmen Vignals
Rosario
School.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this hazard is remove all of the employees that work in such area until an
structural engineer can perform a complete evaluation of the building and
a soil
test around of it to demonstrate if the structure is secure for the
employees.
a)Riesgos de tropiezos y caidas ocasionando contusiones severas,
laceraciones,
abrasiones y muerte en caso de colapso estructural.
Empleados estuvieron trabajando diaria y continuamente como maestros en
diferentes edificios de cemento de varios salones de clases los cuales
tienen
muchas grietas en el piso, paredes, columnas y vigas ocasionando un
problema
serio de desnivel en el piso.  El Departamento de Bomberos de Puerto Rico
hizo
un inspeccion completa del area de trabajo y recomendo una evaluacion del
lugar
de trabajo por un ingeniero estructural y un estudio de suelo de manera
tal que
se pueda demostrar si la estructura es segura para el uso de los empleados.
Localizacion:  Los diferentes edificios de cemento localizados en la
Escuela
Carmen Vignals Rosario.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es
remover todos los empleados que trabajan en dicha area hasta tanto un
ingenieroestructural pueda realizar una evaluacion completa del edificio y
una prueba de
suelos alrededor de este para demostrar si la estructura es segura para los
empleados."

Issued

2005-09-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

Issued

2005-09-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

Issued

2005-09-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-09-14 00:00:00