OSHA Inspection: ISLAND FINANCE DIVISION SANTANDER FINANCIAL

Issued

Aug 21, 2009

Abate by

Sep 17, 2009

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $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:
a)At Island Finance. Division de Santander Financial, employees did not
recived training,
related to the written protocol for  handling  domestic violence in the
workplace which
is required by the Act for the, Act No. 217 of September 29, 2006.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this
hazard is to provide training to all employees related to the written
protocol of domestic
violence in the workplace.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the workplace.
a)En Island Finance/Division de Santander Financial patrono no proveyo
adiestramiento
a los empleados, relacionado al protocolo escrito para el manejo de
violencia domestica
en el lugar de trabajo que es requerido por la Ley Num. 217 del 29 de
septiembre de
2006.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo de correccion factible y aceptable para
corregir este
riesgo es proveer adiestramiento a todos los empleados relacionado al
protocolo escrito
para el manejo de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo.
Riesgo: Fatalidades, lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas a incidentes de
violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo.a