OSHA Inspection: HOGAR SAN JOSE

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $375 Reduced

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:
Human Scabies
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:
Sarna Humana
a)Workplace (San Jose Nursing Home) - employees responsible for direct
inmates
care; the employer did not have a written protocol for the handling of
scabiasis
cases, to minimize or eliminate the employees exposure.
Hazard:  contact with scabiasis.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard
is to establish and follow a written protocol for the handling of
scabiasis cases.
This protocol shall contain at least the following elements:
1.Training of nursing home employees in the characteristics and the way
scabiasis is transmitted.
2.Once a suspect case is detected, inform the home medical staff for
evaluation.
3.Prompt medical treatment to all detected cases.
4.Special precaution with contaminated objects such as towels, bed cloths,
furniture and other infected materials.
5.Contaminated clothing must be washed with hot water.
6.Provide employees with personal protective equipment such as latex
gloves.
a)Lugar de Trabajo (Hogar de Ancianos San Jose) - empleados responsables
del
cuidado directo de residentes; el patrono no tenia un protocolo escrito
para el
manejo de casos de escabiasis, para minimizar o eliminar la exposicion de
empleados.
Riesgo:  contacto con escabiasis.Entre otros metodos de correccion, un
metodo factible y aceptable para corregir
este riesgo es establecer y seguir un protocolo escrito para el manejo de
casos de
escabiasis.  Este protocolo tiene que contener como minimo los siguientes
elementos:
1.Adiestrar los empleados del hogar en las caracteristicas y modo de
transmision de escabiasis.
2.Una vez un caso sospechoso es detectado, informar al equipo medico del
hogar para evaluacion.
3.Tratamiento medico rapido de los casos detectados.
4.Tener precaucion especial con objetos contaminados tales como toallas,
ropa de cama, muebles y otro material contaminado.
5.La ropa contaminada se tiene que lavar con agua caliente.
6.Proveer a los empleados con equipo de proteccion personal tales como
guantes de latex."

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $625 Reduced

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $625 Reduced

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jul 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $625 Reduced

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jul 10, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $625 Reduced

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jun 22, 2009

Penalty

Initial $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)Employer "San Jose Nursing Home" - 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.
Hazard: fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the
workplace.
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)El patrono "Hogar San Jose" - no tenia un protocolo escrito para manejar
situaciones de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo como se requirio
por la
Ley de Implementacion de un Protocolo de Situaciones de Violencia Domestica
en el Lugar de Trabajo o Lugar de Empleo, Ley No. 217 de 2006.
Riesgo: fatalidades, lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas con la violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo.
Metodo para corregir este riesgo: desarrollar un protocolo escrito para
manejar
situaciones de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo y proveer
adiestramiento
a los empleados. La informacion esta disponible en la Oficina de la
Procuradora
de la Mujer."dora

Issued

Jun 4, 2009

Abate by

Jun 12, 2009