OSHA Inspection: DEPT DE EDUCACION

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 15, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

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 hazard:  there were tread nosings with abrupt undersides
projecting 1
inch over adjacent treads on the stairway of the San German Governmental
Center
(three story building).  The abrupt projection permits the users toe to
become
cought under the treads.  Regulations dealing with stair construction, but
particularly the Life Safety Code (2003 Edition), which is applicable to
this stair
as it is part of an emergency means of egress, established the maximum
slope of
the riser or any projection under the treads not to exceed 30 degrees from
the
vertical and identified the existing condition as a tripping hazard.  The
slope of
the projection in this particular stair is 90 degrees.  Employees worked
in the
Third floor.
"AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE
ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO SLOPE THE
UNDERSIDES OF THE NOSINGS TO AN ANGLE NOT EXCEEDING 30
DEGREES FROM THE VERTICAL."
b)Tripping hazard:  there were projections of unglued high-friction
material strips
on the tread walking surfaces of San German Governmental Center (three
story
building) stairway.  The material was unglued on multiple points along the
stairway.  Employees worked in the Third floor.
"AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE
ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO REMOVE
THE HIGH FRICTION MATERIAL."
a)Riesgo de tropezar:  en la escalera del Centro Gubernamental de San
German
(edificio de tres pisos) habia pestanas con lados abruptos en la parte
inferior que
se proyectaban 1 pulgada sobre los escalones adyacentes.  La proyeccion
abrupta
permitia que el pie de los usuarios se enredara con la parte baja de los
escalones.
Las regulaciones que tienen que ver con la construccion de escaleras, pero
especialmente el "Life Safety Code" (Edicion 2003), que es aplicable a esta
escalera por ser parte de un medio de salida de emergencia, establece que
el
declive maximo de cualquier contrahuella o proyeccion debajo de los
escalones
no puede exceder de 30 grados de la vertical e identifican la condicion
existente
como un riesgo de tropezar.  El declive de la proyeccion en esta escalera
es de
90 grados.  Los empleados trabajando en el tercer piso."ENTRE OTROS
M(TODOS, UN M(TODO DE CORRECCI:N POSIBLE Y
ACEPTABLE PARA ELIMINAR ESTE RIESGO ES DAR UN ANGULO NO
MAYOR DE 30 GRADOS DE LA VERTICAL AL LADO INFERIOR DE LAS
PESTANAS."
b)Riesgo de tropezar:  habian proyecciones de tiras de material de alta
friccion
despegadas en la superficie de los escalones de la escalera del Centro
Gubernamental de San German (Edificio de tres pisos).  El material estaba
despegado en multiples puntos a lo largo de la escalera.  Los empleados
trabajaban en el tercer piso.
"ENTRE OTROS M(TODOS, UN M(TODO DE CORRECCI:N POSIBLE Y
ACEPTABLE PARA ELIMINAR ESTE RIESGO ES REMOVER EL
MATERIAL DE ALTA FRICCI:N."

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Nov 12, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Nov 12, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Nov 12, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Nov 12, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $2,250

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Nov 12, 2007

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 14, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,350 · Current $1,350

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 20, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,350 · Current $1,350

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 20, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,350 · Current $1,350

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 14, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 27, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Oct 10, 2007

Abate by

Oct 20, 2007