OSHA Inspection: ICP

Issued

Mar 5, 2008

Abate by

Apr 21, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,350

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 "Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena", contract area, employees
performed office
works, such as: writing in computers. It were observed in the floor, where
the employees
had to walk, computer, phones and other appliances cables.
Hazard: Stumbles and falls.
Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
relocate or take out the cables at the floor.
En el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, area de Contratos,  empleados
realizaron
trabajos de oficina, tal como: escribir en computadora. Se observo en el
suelo, cables de
computadora, telefono y otros, por donde tenian que pasar los empleados.
Riesgo: Tropezones y caidas.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo accesible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es,
reubicar o sacar los cables del piso.s

Issued

Mar 5, 2008

Abate by

Apr 21, 2008

Penalty

Initial $2,250

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 "Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena", contract area, employees
performed office
works, such as: writing in computer. It were observed the plumbs of the
air conditioner
system that it crosses the Contract Office, dropping water into the floor.
It were observed
too, walls damped and dotted due the humidity, conditions that promotes
the fungi
proliferation. In the area it was found the humidity in a 71.7when the
recommendations of the  American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-
Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) are 20-60
Hazard: Contact of the skin and the respiratory system with microorganisms
that
produces infections and allergies.
Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable  methods to correct this
hazard are:
1.To change the deteriorated insulation.
2.To put dehumidificators in the area.
En el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, area de Contratos, empleados
realizaron
trabajos de oficina, tal como escribiendo en computadora. Se observo la
tuberia del
sistema del acondicionador del aire, que cruza a traves de la Oficina de
Contratos,
gotereando agua en el suelo. Se observo tambien, paredes humedecidas y
manchadas por
la humedad, condiciones que favorecen la proliferacion de hongos. En el
area, se
encontro la humedad relativa en un 71.7, cuando la recomendacion de la
American
Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
es de 20-
60
Riesgo: Contacto de piel y sistema respiratorio con microorganismos que
producen
infecciones y alergias.
Entre otros metodos, algunos metodos accesibles y aceptables para corregir
este riesgo
son:
1.Cambiar la insulacion deteriorada.
2.Colocar dehumidificadores en el area.idificadores

Issued

Mar 5, 2008

Abate by

Apr 21, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,350

Issued

Mar 5, 2008

Abate by

Apr 21, 2008