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OSHA Inspection: DISCOUNT FOOD DISTRIBUTOR INC

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of DISCOUNT FOOD DISTRIBUTOR INC in # 115 CALLE COLON AGUADA SHOPPING CENTER, AGUADA, PR 00602 (NAICS 445110). OSHA activity number 308166230.

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Site address
# 115 CALLE COLON AGUADA SHOPPING CENTER
City
AGUADA
State
PR
ZIP
00602
Mailing
PO BOX 839, HATO REY, PR 00919
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
445110
SIC code (legacy)
5141
Employees
60
Ownership type
A

7 citations on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 2 instances 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00
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)At Discount Food Distributor, Inc. dba Supermercado Pitusa - The
employer did
not provide a ergonomic general training and heavy lifting to the
employees when
they were affected about lower back injuries.  The employees  lift heavy
weights.
Hazard:  low back injury among others.
Among other correction method one feasible and acceptable methods to
correct
this hazard is provide adequate training to the employees about heavy
lifting, how
to identify ergonomic risk factor, policies and procedure for avoiding
injury,
among others.
a)En Discount Food Distributor, Inc. hnc Supermercado Pitusa - El patrono
no
proveyo un adiestramiento general de ergonomia y levantamiento de peso a
sus
empleados cuando estos han sufrido lesiones de espalda baja.  Los empleados
levantaban objetos pesados.
Riesgo:  lesiones de espalda baja entre otros."
Entre otros metodos de correccion un metodo factible y aceptable para
corregir
este riesgo es adiestrar a los empleados sobre la manera correcta de
levantar peso,
como identificar riesgos ergonomicos, politicas y procedimientos para
eliminar
o minimizar riesgos entre otros."
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.157 E03

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.158 E02 III

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.176 B

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.26 C02 VII

Repeat Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $10000.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (R) $5000.00
  • — Z (R) $10000.00

1910.176 A

Repeat Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $10000.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (R) $5000.00
  • — Z (R) $10000.00

1910.178 L01 I

Repeat Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $10000.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (R) $5000.00
  • — Z (R) $10000.00

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 308166230.