PENUELAS, PR —
OSHA Inspection: WEST ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of WEST ELECTRIC CORPORATION in CARR 385 KM 0.7 BO CUEVAS, PENUELAS, PR 00628 (NAICS 238910). OSHA activity number 309950459.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- WEST ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Site address
- CARR 385 KM 0.7 BO CUEVAS
- City
- PENUELAS
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00628
- Mailing
- P O BOX 3006, MAYAGUEZ, PR 00681
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 238910
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1629
- Employees
- 36
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Construction safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2007
- Abate by
- Aug 15, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000
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: a. Receive injuries or death caused by equipment overturning while operating unsafely a roller compactor trademark Caterpillar model CS-533E at the edge of a terrain being compacted. Among other methods, one possible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to provide specific training to the roller compactor operator related to the correct handling and safety rules of the equipment according to their manufacturer recommendations when compacting is made at terrain edges and other unsafe areas. a. Recibir lesiones serias o muerte causada por vuelco de equipo mientras se operaba inseguramente un rolo compactador marca Caterpillar model CS-5336 en el borde del de un terreno que estaba siendo compactado. Entre otros metodos, uno factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es proveer adiestramiento especifico al operador del rolo compactador relacionado al manejo correcto y a las medidas de seguridad del equipo, de acuerdo con las recomendaciones del manufacturero cuando se compacta terreno en los bordes y otras areas inseguras.
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- — J (O)
- — Z (S) $4000.00
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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 309950459.
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