OSHA Inspection: ARREUS INC DBA METRO CAFE

Issued

Apr 24, 2009

Abate by

May 20, 2009

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:
On the outside of the back of the "Metro Cafe Cafeteria", it was observed
a plastic tilt
truck with four wheels and a stabilizer bar. While the employees moved the
waste from
the cafeteria to the container, it was observed that the tilt truck had
one of it smaller
wheel broken and it stabilizer bar broken in two areas.
Hazard: Use of excesive force to move the tilt truck.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard would
be to replace the wheel and the stabilizer bar or replace the tilt truck
for a new one.
En el exterior de la parte de atras de la cafeteria Metro Cafe, se observo
un "tilt truck"
de plastico de cuatro ruedas y con una barra estabilizadora. Mientras los
empleados
trasladaban los desperdicios desde la cafeteria hasta el tangon, se
observo que el "tilt
truck" tenia una de sus ruedas pequenas rota y la barra estabilizadora
partida en dos
areas.
Riesgo: Uso de fuerza excesiva para mover el "tilt truck".
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo seria
reemplazar la rueda y la barar estabilizadora rota o reemplazar el "tilt
truck" por uno
nuevo.