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OSHA Inspection: JOSE SANTIAGO INC

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On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of JOSE SANTIAGO INC in CARR 5 KM 4.4 URB INDUSTRIAL LUCHETTI, BAYAMON, PR 00959 (NAICS 424490). OSHA activity number 311195283.

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Establishment
JOSE SANTIAGO INC
Site address
CARR 5 KM 4.4 URB INDUSTRIAL LUCHETTI
City
BAYAMON
State
PR
ZIP
00959
Mailing
PO BOX 191795, SAN JUAN, PR 00919
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
424490
SIC code (legacy)
5149
Employees
301
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

8 citations on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 10 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1500.00
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:
Employees of Jose Santiago Inc., were exposed to back injuries due to
improper lifting
techniques while loading merchandises to the company trailers.  The
employer
failed to
provide training in proper lifting techniques to the employees.  On
September 8, 2009
on the Loading docks 1 to 12 of warehouse employees were observed
repeatedly were
bending forward at the waist to reach products boxes on the pallets and
then were
throwing boxes to others employees to place them inside the trailers. The
weights of
boxes were between 1 and 30 pounds. The OSHA 300 Logs of Jose Santiago
Inc., show
back injuries incidents reported.
Hazard: Employees exposed to back injuries by improper lifting techniques.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is: 1)
Raise the height of the bottom level boxes to allow employees to keep the
load close to
the body. This will minimize bending of the torso. 2) Provide
height-adjustable picking
equipment so loads can be maintained at a height that minimizes bending at
the waist.
3) Educate employees about the hazards of bending while moving heavy
loads. 4) Ensure
the use of proper lifting techniques. 5) Stack extra empty pallets on the
pallet jack to
elevate the bottom of the load.
Empleados de Jose Santiago Inc., estuvieron expuestos a lesiones de la
espalda debido
a tecnicas incorrectas de levantamiento mientras cargaban mercancia para
los camiones
de la compania. El patrono fallo en proveer adiestramiento sobre tecnicas
correctas de
levantamiento a los empleados.  El 8 de septiembre de 2009 en los muelles
de carga 1
al 12 del almacen de despacho, empleados fueron observados en varias
ocasiones
inclinandose de la cintura hacia delante para coger mercancias en cajas
colocadas en
paletas y luego tiraban las cajas a otros empleados para colocarlas en el
interior de los
vagones. El peso de las cajas estaba entre 1 a 30 libras. Los registros
OSHA 300 de Jose
Santiago Inc., evidenciaba incidentes de lesiones de la espalda reportados.
Riesgo: Empleados estaban expuestos a lesiones de espalda por tecnicas
incorrectas de
levantamiento.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible para corregir esta situacion es:
1) Elevar la
altura de las cajas del fondo para permitir a los empleados mantener la
carga cerca del
cuerpo. Esto reducira al minimo la flexion del torso. 2) Proporcionar
equipos de altura
regulable para recoger las cargas logrando mantenerlas a una altura que
reduzca alminimo la flexion en la cintura. 3) Adiestrar a los empleados
sobre los peligros de la
flexion, mientras mueven cargas pesadas. 4) Asegurar el uso de tecnicas
adecuadas de
levantamiento. 5) Apilar paletas extras vacias para elevar otras mas bajas.
Recent events (2)
  • — F (S)
  • — Z (S) $1500.00

6A0001

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 7 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1500.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced
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:
Employees of Jose Santiago Inc., were exposed to falls and feet fractures.
On September
8, 2009 at the dispatch area, door #3 of the warehouse employees were
observed
manually handling  merchandise and storing it on trailers. Between the
docking area and
the trailer there was a difference in heights of 6 and 1/2 inches and
there was a gap of
7 inches of separation between docking area and trailer floor where the
employees could
trip and fall through.  The fall was of 4 feet, equivalent to the
diference of height
between the docking area and the ground level.
Hazard: Employees were exposed to tripping and falls.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is
placing a device that makes a bridge between the docking area and the
trailer floor.
Empleados de Jose Santiago Inc., estaban expuestos a caidas y fracturas de
los pies. El
8 de septiembre de 2009, en el area de la bahia, puerta #3 del almacen,
empleados
fueron observados acarreando mercancia manualmente y almacenandola en
vagones.
Entre la bahia del almacen y el vagon y el piso del vagon habia una
diferencia en altura
de 6 y 1/2 pulgadas y habia una separacion  de 7 pulgadas entre ellos por
donde los
trabajadores podrian tropezar y caer.  La altura de la caida era de 4
pies, equivalente a
la diferencia entre la bahia y el nivel del piso.
Riesgo: Empleados estaban expuestos a tropiezos y caidas.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible para corregir esta situacion es
colocar un
dispositivo que cree un puente entre la bahia y el vagon.
Recent events (2)
  • — F (S) $200.00
  • — Z (S) $1500.00

6A0001

Serious Gravity 05 3 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $3500.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced
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 freezer #1 in the warehouse of Jose Santiago Inc., located in
Bayamon PR, where
employees collected merchandise among other things it was observed that the
merchandise was stored on rack systems with visible damage on rack
components that
compromised their integrity and presented a hazard of merchandise and/or
racks falling
over the employees.  It was documented that the boxes stored on the racks
weighted up
to 114 pounds and the rack systems meassured 25 feet tall.
The following racks were observed with compromised integrity:
a) passage #54, localization 001, level A
b) passage #55, localization 001, level A
c) passage #57, localization 0046, level B
d) passage #57, localization 0038, level A
Among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this hazard is replace
the damaged
storage shelving, or stacks merchandise only in the lower level of the
rack system.
En el refrigerador #1 del almacen de Jose Santiago Inc., localizado en
Bayamon PR,
donde los empleados acarreaban mercancia entre otras cosas, se observo que
la mercancia
era almacenada en sistemas de estanteria con danos visibles en componentes
de
los
estantes, lo que comprometia la integridad de los mismos y presentaban un
riesgo de que
los estantes y/o mercancia cayese sobre los empleados.  Se documento que
las cajas que
almacenaban en los estantes llegaban a pesar hasta 114 libras y que los
sistemas del
estante midieron 25 pies de alto.
Los siguientes estantes fueron observados con la integridad comprometida:
a) pasillo #54, localizacion 001, nivel A
b) pasillo #55, localizacion 001, nivel A
c) pasillo #57, localizacion 0046, nivel B
d) pasillo #57, localizacion 0038, nivel A
Entre otros metodos, un metodo viable para reducir este riesgo es
remplazar los estantes
de almacenaje danados o acomodar mercancia solamente en el nivel mas bajo
del sistema
de estantes.
Recent events (2)
  • — F (S) $1800.00
  • — Z (S) $3500.00

1910.178 P01

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1500.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — F (S) $1000.00
  • — Z (S) $1500.00

6A0001

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 350 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $500.00
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 company Jose Santiago Inc., the employer did not have a written
protocol to
handled domestic violence in the workplace, as requiered by the Act for the
implementation of a Protocol to Handle Domestic Violence Situation in the
Workplace
or Place of Employment Act No. 217 of september 29, 2006.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the workplace.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
establish and implement a written protocol to manage situations of
domestic violence at
the workplace as required by Act Number 217 of September 29, 2006.  The
protocol
must include the following minimum requirements: a public policy
statement, legal basis
and applicability, responsibilities of the personnel, and uniform
procedures and measures
to be followed in order to handle the cases.
En la compania Jose Santiago Inc., el patrono no tenia un protocolo
escrito de violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo, requerido bajo la Ley para la
Implementacion del
Protocolo de Situaciones de Violencia Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo o
Sitio de
Empleo, Ley numero 217 del 29 de septiembre de 2006, y la Ley numero 16
del 5 de
agosto de 1975 segun enmendada.
Riesgo: Fatalidades, lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas a la violencia
domestica
en el
trabajo.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es
establecer e implantar un protocolo escrito para manejar situaciones de
violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo como es requerido por la Ley Numero 217
del 29 de
septiembre de 2006.  El protocolo debera incluir los siguientes requisitos
minimos:
declaracion de polotica publica, base legal y aplicabilidad,
responsabilidad del personal,
y procedimiento y medidas uniformes a seguir en el manejo de casos.
Recent events (2)
  • — F (O)
  • — Z (O) $500.00

6A0001

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 350 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $500.00
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:
Employees of Jose Santiago Inc., while worked as warehouse atendants were
exposed to
physical harm and death due that the employer did not provided training
related to the
establishment of their written protocol for the handling of 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 and Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health
Act, Act No.
16 of 1975 as amended.
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the workplace.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
train all employees and implement a written protocol to manage situations
of domestic
violence at the workplace as required by Act Number 217 of September 29,
2006.
Empleados de Jose Santiago Inc., mientras trabajaban como empleados de
almacen,
estaban expuestos a dano fisico y muerte; debido a que el patrono no
proveyo un
adiestramiento relacionado al establecimiento de su Protocolo para el
Manejo de
Violencia Domestica en el lugar de trabajo, como es requerido por la Ley
para la
Implantacion de un Protocolo para Manejar Situaciones de Violencia
Domestica en el
lugar de trabajo, Ley Num. 217 de 2006 y la Seccion 6 (a) de la Ley de
Seguridad y
Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico, Ley 16 del 5 de agosto de 1975 segun
enmendadas.
Riesgo: Fatalidades, lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas a la violencia
domestica
en el
trabajo.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es adiestrar
a todos los empleados a manejar situaciones de violencia domestica en el
lugar de trabajo
como es requerido por la Ley Numero 217 del 29 de septiembre de 2006.embre
Recent events (2)
  • — F (O)
  • — Z (O) $500.00

1910.178 A06

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1000.00
Recent events (2)
  • — F (O)
  • — Z (O) $1000.00

1910.178 L06

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 3 instances 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — F (O)
  • — Z (O)

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