OSHA Inspection: PR TELEPHONE COMPANY

Issued

May 1, 2009

Abate by

May 28, 2009

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

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 lack of knowledge of the handling of domestic violence
situations in the workplace:
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 falta de conocimiento para el manejo de situaciones de violencia
domestica en su area de
trabajo:
The employer  did not provide training to the employees of the PR
Telephone Company
in Vega Alta, related to the written protocol for the handling of domestic
violence in the
workplace which is required by the Act for the Implementation of a
Protocol to Handle
Domestic Violence Situations in the Workplace or Place of Employment, Act
No. 217
of September 29, 2006.
El Patrono no proveyo adiestramiento a los empleados de la PR Telephone
Company en
Vega Alta, relacionado al protocolo escrito para el manejo de violencia
domestica en el
lugar de trabajo que es requerido por la Ley para la Implantacion de un
Protocolo para
Manejar Situaciones de Violencia Domestica en Lugares de Trabajo o Empleo,
Ley Num.
217 del 29 de septiembre de 2006.