OSHA Inspection: AEP

Issued

Dec 18, 2008

Abate by

Jan 8, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,000

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 SU Enrique de Jesus Borras school were found the following hazards:
a)In the Spanish, English, Mathematics, Science, Special Education
classrooms
were observed wet floors due to filtrations.
b)In the Spanish and Science classrooms were observed detachment of the
coating
in the roof.
Hazard:Employees were exposed to falls and injuries.
Among others methods one feasible and acceptable method to correct their
hazard is that
the employer correct the filtration problems and fix the roof.
En la escuela SU Enrique de Jesus Borras se encontraron los siguientes
riesgos:
a)En los salones de Espanol, Ingl+s,Matematicas,Ciencia, Educacion
Especial se
observaron pisos mojados debido a las filtraciones.
b)En los salones de Espanol y Ciencia se observo desprendimiento del
estucado.
Riesgo:Empleados estan expuestos a caidas y lesiones.
Entre otros metodos un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir esos
riesgos es que el
patrono corrija los problemas de filtraciones y el problema del techo.