OSHA Inspection: POLICIA DE PUERTO RICO CUARTEL DE MONTE HATILLO

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500

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 Monte Hatillo Police precinct,were observed four areas where the
structure and the
structural components were in bad conditions or damaged. The employees
were attending
public and guarding the area.
1.At the entrance cottage 1,3 and 4 the protection glasses were broken.
they do not
offered any protection to the police inside in case there was an incident
involving
fire arms.
2.At the police main building inside the housing complex, the walls at the
posterior
area of the facilities present fractures all over the walls. The fractures
loose the
concrete and pass trough electric circuits and water pipes.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
evaluate the structure and repair the cracks on the building and at the
cottages and
replace the protection glasses.
Hazard: Contact with loose concrete or broken glasses.
En el precinto Policiaco de Monte Hatillo se observaron 4 areas de la
estructura
y los
componentes estructurales donde estaban en malas condiciones o danados.
Los empleados
estaban atendiendo publico y prestando vigilancia al area.
1.En las casetas de entrada 1,3 y 4 los cristales de proteccion estaban
rotos. Estos
no ofrecian ninguna proteccion a los policias adentro en caso de que
ocurriera un
incidente que involucrase armas de fuego.
2.En el edificio principal de la policia dentro del complejo de vivienda,
las paredes
en la parte posterior de las facilidades presentaban grietas a lo largo de
los muros.
Las grietas tenian hormigon suelto y pasaban a traves de circuitos
electricos y
tuberias de aguas.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es evaluar
la estructura principal y reparar las grietas al edificio y en las casetas
reemplazar los
cristales de proteccion.
Riesgo: Contacto con concreto suelto o cristales rotos.les

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,000

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $3,500

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Issued

May 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $500

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 Puerto Rico Police department in Monte Hatillo, 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.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the workplace.
Method to abate the hazard: The employer shall provide training to all the
establishment's employees related to a written protocol to handle domestic
violence in
the workplace. 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 el cuartel de la policia de Monte Hatillo, el patrono no proveyo
adiestramiento a sus
empleados relacionado al establecimiento de un protocolo escrito para
manejar situaciones
de violencia domestica en el lugar 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: El patrono tiene que proveer adiestramiento
a todos los
empleados del establecimiento relacionado con un protocolo escrito para el
manejo de la
violencia domestica en el sitio de trabajo. 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 19, 2009

Abate by

Jun 15, 2009