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OSHA Inspection: EC WASTE INC HNC WASTE MANAGEMENT INC TRASBORDO

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

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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Site address
AVE KENNEDY PUEBLO VIEJO
City
SAN JUAN
State
PR
ZIP
00928
Mailing
PO BOX 594, CAGUAS, PR 00726
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
562219
SIC code (legacy)
4953
Employees
28
Ownership type
A

1 citation on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Dec 11, 2007
Abate by
Dec 14, 2007
Penalty
Initial $1,300
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.
Recent events (2)
  • · F (S)
  • · Z (S) $1300.00

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