PONCE, PR —
OSHA Inspection: MUNCIPIO DE PONCE-CASA ALCALDIA
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of MUNCIPIO DE PONCE-CASA ALCALDIA in FRENTE PLAZA DELICIAS, PONCE, PR 00731 (NAICS 921190). OSHA activity number 309949071.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MUNCIPIO DE PONCE-CASA ALCALDIA
- Site address
- FRENTE PLAZA DELICIAS
- City
- PONCE
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00731
- Mailing
- BOX 1709, PONCE, PR 00731
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 921190
- SIC code (legacy)
- 9199
- Employees
- 50
- Ownership type
- B
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2006
- Abate by
- Jan 25, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $1,500
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: 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: a. Receive injuries due to that at the time of the inspection at the establishment Municipio de Ponce-Alcaldia, first floor, paymaster and collector office, employees performed office operations and did not comply with all the occupational safety and health regulations issued pursuant to this act in that employees where exposed to hazards and/or illnesses such as but not limited to headaches, eyes strains and/or aggravated lost of eyessight due to: 1. Poor illumination levels in the range of 4.5fc to 47.9fc when recomended lighting levels for office operations are in the range of 75fc to 150fc. of luminescense, as state in ANSI/IESNA RP-1- 1993 standards. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct these hazards is to: 1. Make the appropiate repairs accodingly and expeditious to increase the office luninescence as state in ANSI/IOESN RP-11993 standars for office lighting. 2. Relocated employees to a place free from these and other recognized hazards. a. Recibir lesiones debido a que al momento de la inspeccion en el establecimiento Municipio de Ponce-Alcaldia, primer piso oficina de pagaduria y recaudaciones, empleados realizaban operaciones de oficina y no cumplio con todas las regulaciones de seguridad y salud emitidas de acuerdo a esta ley en que los empleados estaban expuestos a riesgos y/o enfermedadedes tales como pero no limitadas a migranas, cansancio visual y/o perdida de vision agravada, debido a: 1. Niveles de iluminacion pobre, en los rangos de 4.5fc a 47.9fc de iluminacion cuando los niveles de iluminacion recomendados para operaciones de oficina son en el rango de 75fc a 150fc de luminescencia, segun establecido en los estandares del ANSI/IESNA RP- !-1993. Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y factible para corregir este riesgo es: 1. Hacer las reparaciones requeridas y en forma expedita para aumentar la luminiscencia de la oficina segun se establece en los estandares del ANSI/IESNA RP-1-1993 para iluminacion en oficina. 2. Reubicar los empleados a un area que este libre de estos y otros riesgos reconocidos.
Recent events (2)
- — J (O)
- — Z (S) $1500.00
1910.22 A01
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2006
- Abate by
- Jan 25, 2007
Recent events (2)
- — J (O)
- — Z (O)
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 309949071.
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