OSHA Inspection: AUTORIDAD METROPOLITANA DE AUTOBUSES

Issued

Jan 8, 2008

Abate by

Feb 26, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

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 the "Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses" mechanical workshop,
employees
performed mechanical, electromechanical, and  carpentry works; motors and
transmissions cleaning; air conditioner and transmissions repairs, among
others. The
employer allowed employees to raise buses in car lifts with mechanical
damages and poor
maintenance. Some of the lifts lowered on their own, others had oil leaks,
the car lift at
the motor cleaning area did not have the safety mechanism to prevent an
abrupt fall.
Hazard:  Sliperings in oil and get trapped under the car lift.
Among other correction methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to
correct this
hazard are:
(a)To provide the necesary materials for the employees that gives the
maintenance
to the car lifts.
(b)To provide a direct supervision to make possible an effective
maintenance.
(c)To provide a faster procedure to correct mechanical damages, assigning
responsibilities.
En el taller de mecanica de la Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses,
empleados
realizaron trabajos de mecanica, electromecanica, y carpinteria; lavado de
motores y
transmisiones, arreglo de acondicionadores de aire y transmisiones, entre
otros. El
patrono permitio que empleados levantaran guaguas en pinos con
desperfectos mecanicos
y poco mantenimiento. Algunos se bajaban solos, otros tenian escapes de
aceite, el pino
del area de lavado de motores no tenia el mecanismo de seguridad para
evitar el que se
baje abruptamente.
Riesgo:  Resbalones en aceite y quedar pillado bajo el pino.
Entre otros metodos de correccion, varios metodos aceptables y posibles
para corregir
este riesgo son:
(a)Proveer los materiales necesarios para los empleados que dan
mantenimiento a los
pinos.
(b)Que haya una supervision directa para que se de un mantenimiento mas
efectivo.
(c)Proveer un procedimiento  mas agil para corregir desperfectos mecanicos,
asignando responsabilidades.

Issued

Jan 8, 2008

Abate by

Feb 26, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Jan 8, 2008

Abate by

Feb 26, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

Issued

Jan 8, 2008

Abate by

Jan 14, 2008

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750