OSHA Inspection: MUNICIPIO DE MAYAGUEZ - PROGRAMA HEAD START

Issued

Oct 9, 2009

Abate by

Oct 17, 2009

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)Municipality of Mayaguez did not provide training to his employees of
Head
Start
Program related to the establishment's written protocol for the handling of
domestic violence in the workplace, as required by Section 6(a) of the
Puerto
Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act, Act No. 16 of 1975 .
Hazard: Fatalities, injuries, and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the
workplace. One feasible and acceptable abatement method to abate the
hazard:
Employers shall provide training to all the establishments employees
related to its
written protocol for the handling of domestic violence in the workplace.
a)El Municipio de Mayaguez no proveyo adiestramiento a cada uno de sus
empleados del Programa Head Start, relacionado al protocolo escrito para el
manejo de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo que es requerido por
la
Seccion 6A de la Ley 16 de 1975 de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional.
Riesgo: Victimas mortales, lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas con la
violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo. Un metodo factible para corregir este
riesgo es
que el patrono debera proporcionar adiestramiento a todos los empleados
del la
compania del protocolo escrito para el manejo de la violencia domestica en
el
lugar de trabajo."

Issued

Oct 9, 2009

Abate by

Nov 6, 2009