OSHA Inspection: MUNICIPIO DE ADJUNTAS-DEPTO CONTROL AMBIENTAL

Issued

Oct 1, 2007

Abate by

Oct 26, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,600

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 serious injuries in that employees were exposed to harassed by
customers. The
employer did not have a control plan to deal with workplace violence
incidents. Among
other methods one feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard
is, but not
limited to prepare a control plan of workplace violance that assess and
adress
the
following:
1.Workplace violance hazards, such as harrass, verbal and physical threat
2.Records and incidents investigations of violance at the workplace
3.Employee training of workplace violance issues
4.Develop preventive and implement corrective actions, including
counseling, services
to affect employees.
a. Recibir serias lesiones los empleados estaban expuestos a hostigamiento
de clientes.
El patrono no tenia o proveyo un plan de control para tratar con
incidentes de violencia
en el trabajo. Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible para
corregir este
riesgo es, pero no limitarse a preparar un plan de control de violencia en
el trabajo que
evalue y trate lo siguiente:
1.Riesgo de violencia en el trabajo tales como hostigamiento, amenazas
verbales y
fisicas.
2.Registro e investigacion de incidentes de violencia en el area de trabajo
3.Adiestramientos a empleados sobre temas de violencia en el area de
trabajo
4.Desarollar acciones preventivas y correctivas, incluyendo servicios de
consejeria a
empleados afectados

Issued

Oct 1, 2007

Abate by

Oct 19, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,600

Issued

Oct 1, 2007

Abate by

Oct 12, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,200

Issued

Oct 1, 2007

Abate by

Oct 9, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,200

Issued

Oct 1, 2007

Abate by

Oct 19, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,200

Issued

Oct 1, 2007

Abate by

Oct 19, 2007