SAN JUAN, PR —
OSHA Inspection: POLICIA DE PR COMANDANCIA AREA INV CRIMINALES
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of POLICIA DE PR COMANDANCIA AREA INV CRIMINALES in 902 CALLE CERRA ALTOS PRECINTO 266, SAN JUAN, PR 00918 (NAICS 922120). OSHA activity number 311191886.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- POLICIA DE PR COMANDANCIA AREA INV CRIMINALES
- Site address
- 902 CALLE CERRA ALTOS PRECINTO 266
- City
- SAN JUAN
- State
- PR
- ZIP
- 00918
- Mailing
- PO BOX 70166, SAN JUAN, PR 00936
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 922120
- SIC code (legacy)
- 9221
- Employees
- 15
- Ownership type
- C
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
6A0001
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2009
- Abate by
- Oct 26, 2009
- Penalty
- Initial $3,150
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 Headquarters Criminal Investigation Police Area located in Santurce, where employees work as police officers, it was documented improper use of the commercial product Glade in aerosol spray when one of the agents pointed the aerosol to the floor in an area nearby the desk of the affected agent and sprayed a large ammount of the product in the single spot, the affected agent inhaled large quantity of the product and resulted with serious health problems. The directions for use of the product specified to hold can upright, press button and spray toward center of room. Warning specifies that product should not be misused for the purpose of concentrating because inhaling the contents can cause harmful or fatal effects. Among other methods, a feasible method to correct this risk is to not use these products in closed offices where there is no ventilation. Hazards: Contact and inhalation with gases, vapors and fumes from chemical products. En la Comandancia de Area en Investigaciones Criminales de la Policia de Puerto Rico localizada en Santurce, donde los empleados trabajan como agentes de la policia de PR, se documento que por el uso inapropiado del producto comercial de tipo aerosol Glade cuando un agente apunto hacia el piso en un area cercana del escritorio de la agente afectada y rocio en un punto fijo una gran cantidad del producto, la agente afectada inhalo gran cantidad del producto y resulto con serios problemas de salud. Las instrucciones de uso del producto especifican que la lata debe ser sostenida en posicion vertical, presionar el boton y ser rociado en el centro de la habitacion. Precaucion del producto especifica que no debe utilizarse indebidamente con el proposito de concentrar porque inhalar el contenido puede ocasionar efectos perjudiciales o fatales. Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible para corregir este riesgo es no utilizar este tipo de productos en oficinas cerradas donde no haya una buena ventilacion. Riesgos: Contacto e inhalacion de gases, vapores y humo de productos quimicos.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S) $3150.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 311191886.
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