OSHA Inspection: NOVUS INC

Issued

May 27, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced

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 Novus, Inc., the employer did not have a written protocol to handle
domestic violence
in the workplace, as required by the Act for the Implementation of a
Protocol to Handle
Domestic Violence Situations in the Workplace or Place of Employment, Act
No. 217
of 2006.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the workplace.
Method to abate the hazard: Develop a written protocol to handle domestic
violence in
the workplace and provide training to all the employees.  Information is
available at the
Women's Advocate Office, A Guide for Employers: Domestic Violence in the
Workplace
and other references provided during the inspection.
En Novus, Inc., el patrono no tenia un protocolo escrito para manejar
situaciones de
violencia domestica en el sitio de trabajo, como lo requiere la Ley para la
Implementacion del Protocolo para Manejar Situaciones de Violencia
Domestica en el
Sitio de Trabajo, Ley Num. 217 del 2006.
Riesgo: Fatalidades, lesiones, y enfermedades relacionadas a la violencia
domestica en
el sitio de trabajo.
Metodo de corregir el riesgo: Desarrollar un protocolo escrito para el
manejo de la
violencia domestica en el sitio de trabajo y proveer adiestramiento a
todos los empleados.
Hay informacion disponible en la Oficina de la Procuradora de la Mujer,
Una Guia para
Patronos: Violencia Domestica en el Sitio de Trabajo, y otras referencias
provistas
durante la inspeccion.

Issued

May 27, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced

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 Novus, Inc., the employer did not provide training to his employees
ralated to the
establishment of a written protocol to handle domestic violence in the
workplace, as
required by the Act for the Implementation of a Protocol to Handle
Domestic Violence
Situations in the Workplace or Place of Employment, Act No. 217 of 2006.

Issued

May 27, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009