OSHA Inspection: CUPEY ALTO ICE PLANT

Issued

Oct 8, 2009

Abate by

Oct 15, 2009

Penalty

Initial $382 · Current $200 Reduced

Issued

Oct 8, 2009

Abate by

Nov 4, 2009

Penalty

Initial $300

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:
Employer Cupey Alto Ice Plant 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
(for private and public employers, except municipalities).
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.
El patrono, Cupey Alto Ice Plant no tenia un protocolo escrito para
manejar la violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo segun lo requerido en la Ley de
Implementacion del Protocolo
de Manejo Situaciones de Violencia Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo o de
Empleo, Ley 217
de 2006(para patronos privados y publico, excepto municipios).
Un metodo para corregir el riesgo: Desarrollar un protocolo escrito para
manejar la violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo y proveer un adiestramiento a todos los
empleados. Informacion
se encuentra disponible en la Oficina de la Procuradora  de Asuntos a la
Mujer, Una Guia para
Patronos: Violencia Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo y otras referencias
provistas durante la
inspeccion.