OSHA Inspection: DE ESC ROSA E MOLINARI

Issued

Dec 18, 2008

Abate by

Jan 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

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:
At "Rosa E. Molinari Elementary School" in Hatillo, were found the roof
filtrations by the
electric pipes, roof lamps; Walls, Floors, and Beams with cracks and
feasures in the followings
areas: Dinning Room Storage, Special Education Class Room,(Science, Math
and Spanish Class
Rooms) and 2nd Floor Class Rooms (First Grade and Second Grade Rooms).
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable method to correct their
hazard is that the
employer fix the roof filtrations, electric pipe filtrations and request
and structural study of the
all affected school to determined if their a deficiency and if it was safe
to
used.
Riesgos: Employees were exposed to respiratory illnesses such as: asma,
bronchettis, allergies
and emotional stress.
En la  "Escuela Elemental Rosa E. Molinari" en Hatillo, se encontro
filtraciones de techos por
las tuberias electricas, lamparas de techos: Pisos paredes y Vigas con
grietas y fisuras en las
siguientes areas: Almacen del Salon Comedor, Salon de Educacion Especial,
(Salones de
Ciencia, Matematicas y Espanol) y los Salones de Clases del 2do Piso
(Salones de Primer Grado
y Segundo Grado). Entre otros metodos un metodo factible y aceptable para
corregir esos riesgos
es que el patrono arregle las filtraciones de techo, las filtraciones de
la tuberia electrica y
requerir  un estudio de la estructura de toda la escuela para determinar
si existen deficiencias
en su estructura y si es seguro para usarse.
Hazards: Empleados estaban expuestos a enfermedades respiratorias tales
como: asma,
bronquitis, alergias y estres emocional.

Issued

Dec 18, 2008

Abate by

Dec 23, 2008