OSHA Inspection: SAFETY KLEEN SYSTEMS INC

Issued

Mar 26, 2010

Abate by

Mar 31, 2010

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $300 Reduced

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 Safety Kleen Systems Inc in Manati, there was two employees cleaning
the containers at the
warehose area. The platform had loose metal boards and a hole near a metal
post. The
employees were exposed to fall or stumble.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method among others, to correct this
hazard is to replace
these boards or soldering the loose ones to the frame and cover the hole.
En Safety Kleen Systems Inc en Manati, habian dos empleados limpiando unos
contenedores en
el almace. La plataforma tenia planchas de metal del piso sueltas y un
hueco cerca de un poste
de metal. Los empleados estaban expuestos a caerse y tropezar.
Un metodo factible y aceptable entre otros, para corregir esta condicion
es reemplazar estas
planchas o soldar las planchas suletas al marco de metal y cubrir el
hueco.

Issued

Mar 26, 2010

Abate by

Apr 21, 2010

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $100 Reduced

Issued

Mar 26, 2010

Abate by

Apr 21, 2010

Penalty

Current $100

Issued

Mar 26, 2010

Abate by

May 12, 2010

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced

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 Safety Kleen in Manati did not have a written protocol to handle
domestic violence in the
workplace, as required by Section 6(a) of Puerto Rico Occupational Safety
and Health Act, Act
No. 16 of 1975.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the workplace.
Method to abate the hazard: Develop a written protocol to handle domestic
violence in the
workplace and provide training to all the employees. Information is
available at the Women's
Advocate Office, A guide for Employers: Domestic Violence in the Workplace
and other
references provided during the inspection.
En Safety Kleen en Manati no tenia un protocolo escrito para el manejo de
violencia
domestica
en el lugar de trabajo., requerido por la Seccion 6(a) de la Ley 16 del
1975.
Riesgo: Muertes, lesiones, y enfermedades relacionadas a violencia
domestica en el lugar de
trabajo.
Metodo de correccion de el riesgo: Desarrollar un protocolo escrito para
el manejo de casos de
violencia domestica y proveer adiestramiento para todos los empleados. La
informacion esta
disponible en la Oficina de la Procuraduria de la Mujer, Una Guia para
Patronos: Violencia
Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo y otras referencias provistas durante la
inspeccion.

Issued

Mar 26, 2010

Abate by

May 12, 2010

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced

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 Safety Kleen in Manati the employer did not provided training to each
employee about the
written protocol to handle domestic violence in the workplace, as required
by Section 6(a) of
Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act, Act No. 16 of 1975.
Hazard: Injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence in the
workplace.
Method to abate the hazard: provide training to all the employees.
Information is available at
the Women's Advocate Office, A guide for Employers: Domestic Violence in
the Workplace and
other references provided during the inspection.
En Safety Kleen en Manati el patrono no adiestro a cad auno de los
empleados acerca del
protocolo para el manejo de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo.,
requerido por la Seccion
6(a) de la Ley 16 del 1975.
Riesgo: Lesiones, y enfermedades relacionadas a violencia domestica en el
lugar de trabajo.
Metodo de correccion del riesgo: proveer adiestramiento a los empleado
sobre el protocolo para
el manejo de casos de violencia domestica y proveer adiestramiento para
todos los empleados.
La informacion esta disponible en la Oficina de la Procuraduria de la
Mujer, Una Guia para
Patronos: Violencia Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo y otras referencias
provistas durante la
inspeccion.