SAN JUAN, PR ·
OSHA Inspection: EC WASTE INC HNC WASTE MANAGEMENT INC TRASBORDO
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of EC WASTE INC HNC WASTE MANAGEMENT INC TRASBORDO in AVE KENNEDY PUEBLO VIEJO, SAN JUAN, PR 00928 (NAICS 562219). OSHA activity number 311183875.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- EC WASTE INC HNC WASTE MANAGEMENT INC TRASBORDO
- Site address
- AVE KENNEDY PUEBLO VIEJO
- City
- SAN JUAN
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00928
- Mailing
- PO BOX 594, CAGUAS, PR 00726
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 562219
- SIC code (legacy)
- 4953
- Employees
- 28
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2007
- Abate by
- Dec 14, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $1,300
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 EC Waste Inc DBA Waste Management Inc, transfer area, the employees used a scissor scaffolds for access to wagon of the garbage truck, which have a height of twelve (12) feet. The employees used harness as fall protection method, which were anchoraged through a fall limiter device. The anchorage was inadequated, because it was placed in a position lower than the employees, failing with the specifications of the fall limiter,which indicated that the equipment should be installed overhead and used in such a manner as to reduce the potencial for a pendulum fall and that never work above the device. Also, the employees acceded to the wagon jumping by the scissor scaffolds guardrails, failing with the safety precautions of the scissor scaffolds manual, which indicated enter and go out only for the door of the platform . The employees raised the wagon to accommodate the garbage and to cover it with an awning. Hazard: Falls Among other methods, one feasible and aceptable is place the anchorage on an overhead position. En EC Waste Inc HNC Waste Management Inc., area de trasbordo, los empleados utilizaban un andamio de tijerilla para acceder al vagon del camion de basura, el cual tenia una altura de doce (12) pies. Los empleados utilizaban arnes como metodo de proteccion contra caidas, los cuales estaban anclados mediante un limitador de caidas. El anclaje era inadecuado, ya que estaba colocado en una posicion mas baja que los empleados, incumpliendo con las especificaciones del limitador de caidas, las cuales indicaban que el equipo debia ser instalado en una posicion superior y de tal manera que reduzca el potencial de una caida oscilante y que nunca se trabaje mas arriba del dispositivo. Ademas, los empleados accedian al vagon brincando por encima de las barandas del andamio de tijerilla, incumpliendo con las precauciones de seguridad del manual del andamio de tijerilla, el cual indicaba entrar y salir solamente por la puerta de la plataforma . Los empleados subian al vagon para acomodar la basura y taparlo con un toldo. Riesgo: Caidas. Entre otros metodos de correccion, uno factible y aceptable es colocar el anclaje en una posicion superior.
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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 311183875.
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