CABO ROJO, PR —
OSHA Inspection: DE-ESC JAMES GARFIELD
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of DE-ESC JAMES GARFIELD in ESC JAMES GARFIELD CARR 103 KM 7.1 BO PEDERNALES, CABO ROJO, PR 00623 (NAICS 611110). OSHA activity number 308166487.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- DE-ESC JAMES GARFIELD
- Site address
- ESC JAMES GARFIELD CARR 103 KM 7.1 BO PEDERNALES
- City
- CABO ROJO
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00623
- Mailing
- PO BOX 190759, SAN JUAN, PR 00919
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 611110
- SIC code (legacy)
- 8211
- Employees
- 21
- Ownership type
- C
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $5000.00
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)Several corporal trauma, contusions, lacerations, abrasions, multiples fractures and death in case of a partial or complete structure collapse. Employees were working daily inside of a scholar dining room which have big cracks in the walls, floor, columns and beams which could fall down at any moment due a to teluric movements. Such employees were walking underneath of a concrete entrance cracked entirely that divide the warehouse area from the dinning room and could fall down too at any moment for the same situation. Also outside area of such building there are more cracks and the concrete bench used by employees and students were separated from the walls. Location: At the James Garfield School dinning room, located at road 103 km 7.1 Bo. Pedernales Cabo Rojo PR. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is the removing the employees that are working in such area until an structural engineer can perform a complete evaluation and a soil test of the building to demonstrate if the structure is secure for them and could decide between remodeling or demolate the structure . a)Trauma corporal severo, contusiones, laceraciones, abrasiones multiples fracturas y muerte en caso de un colapso parcial o completo de la estructura. Empleados estuvieron trabajando diariamente en el interior de un comedor escolar el cual tiene grandes grietas en las paredes, pisos, columnas y vigas las cuales se pueden caer en cualquier momento debido a movimientos teluricos. Dichos empleados estuvieron trabajando por debajo de una entrada que esta agrietada completamente y que divide el area del almacen del comedor escolar y que tambien puede caerse en cualquier momento debido a la misma situacion. Tambien en el exterior de dicho edificio hay mas grietas y los bancos de cemento el cual es utilizado por los empleados y los estudiantes estaban separados de la paredes. Localizacion: En el comedor escolar de la escuela James Garfield localizada en la carr. 103, km 7.1, Bo. Pedernales, Cabo Rojo, P.R. Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es la remocion de los empleados que estan trabajando en dicha area hasta que un ingeniero estructural pueda realizar una evaluacion completa y un estudio de suelo del edificio para demostrar si la estructura es segura para ellos y pueda decidir entre remodelar o demoler la estructura."
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (S) $5000.00
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Source
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 308166487.