OSHA Inspection: ASDA

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Mar 25, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,500

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)Stroke and/or crush do to failure by the roll-over protective structure
of an
earth moving equipment:  At the Agricultural Mechanization Program of San
Sebastian city - employees were operating a John Dear 750B bulldozer with
the roll-over protective structure (ROPS) modified by welding a tubular
structure to the front uprights of the ROPS.  The equipment was involved in
an overturn accident on October 10, 2005. The front upwrights of the ROPS
failed at the two points where the tubular structure was welded.  The
operator
was injuried by the ROPS.  The ROPS had a label indicating not to be modify
without the approval of the manufacturer. The operators manual had an
indication that ROPS protection will be impaired is in any way altered by
welding. The tubular struture was installed to protect the exhaust pipe
and to
protect employees from been struck by tree branches.
Among other methods one available and feasible method to correct this
hazard
is to buy the equipment with the optional devices installed by the
manufacturer.
a)A ser golpeados y/o aplastado por fallo por la estructura de proteccion
para
vuelcos.  Programa de Mecanizacion Agricola del pueblo de San Sebastian -
empleados estaban operando un bulldozer John Dear 750B con la estructura de
proteccion para vuelcos modificada soldando una estructura tubular a los
soportes del frente.  El equipo estuvo envuelto en un accidente de vuelco
el 10
de octubre de 2005.  Los soportes frontales de la estructura de proteccion
para
vuelcos fallo en los dos puntos donde la estructura tubular fue soldada. El
operador fue herido por la estructura de proteccion para vuelcos.  La
estructura de proteccion tenia un rotulo indicando que no debia ser
modificada
sin la aprobacion del manufacturero.  El manual del operador tenia una
indicacion que la proteccion de la estructura estaria afectada si de alguna
forma es alterada por soldadura.  La estructura tubular fue instalada para
proteger el tubo de escape y para proteger los empleados de ser golpeados
por
las ramas de los arboles.
Entre otros metodos un metodo disponible y apropiado para corregir este
riesgo es comprar el equipo con los dispositivos opcionales instalados por
el
manufacturero."

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Mar 25, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Mar 20, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,350 · Current $675 Reduced

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Mar 20, 2006

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Apr 1, 2006

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Apr 1, 2006

Issued

Mar 15, 2006

Abate by

Apr 1, 2006