OSHA Inspection: MUNICIPIO DE LARES OBRAS PUBLICAS MUNICIPAL

Issued

Apr 30, 2010

Abate by

May 19, 2010

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 "Municipio de Lares" did not provide training to his
employees related to
the establishment's written protocol for the handling of domestic violence
in the
workplace, as required by Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational
Safety and Health
Act, Act No. 16 of 1975.
Hazard: injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence in the
workplace.
Among other Methods one method to abate this hazard is : Employers shall
provide
training to all the establishment's employees related to its written
protocol for the
handling of domestic violence in the workplace.
El patrono Municipio de Lares no proveyo adiestramiento del protocolo
escrito para el
manejo de la violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo que es requerido
por la Seccion
6(a) de la ley 16 de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional.
Riesgo: lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas con la violencia domestica en
el lugar de
trabajo
Un Metodo para disminuir el riesgo:El Municipio debera proveer
adiestramiento a todas
las dependencias y empleados relacionados con su protocolo escrito para el
manejo de
la violencia domestica.