OSHA Inspection: WALGREENS OF SAN PATRICIO INC STORE #251

Issued

Sep 11, 2009

Abate by

Sep 16, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

Issued

Sep 11, 2009

Abate by

Sep 16, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

Issued

Sep 11, 2009

Abate by

Sep 30, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,500

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:
Walgreens of San Patricio Inc was previously cited for a violation of this
Occupational
Safety and Health Standard or it equivalent Standard: Section 6 A of the
PR Occupational
Safety and Health Act, which was contained in PR-OSHA inspection number
311186910,
citation number 01, item number 02, issued on 09/25/2008.
Employees of Walgreens drugstore #251, located in Plaza Bonzai Fajardo PR,
were exposed to
physical harm and death due that the employer did not provided training to
his employees 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: Domestic Violence in the workplace.
Method to abate the hazard: The employer shall provide training to all the
establishment's
employees related to its written protocol for the handling of domestic
violence in the workplace.
Walgreens of San Patricio Inc fue previamente citada por una violacion de
esta norma
de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional o su norma equivalente: Seccion 6 A de la
Ley de
Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de PR, la cual esta contenida en PR-OSHA
inspeccion
numero 311186910, citacion numero 01, renglon numero 02, emitida el
09/25/2008.
Empleados de la Farmacia Walgreens #251, localizada en Plaza Bonzai
Fajardo PR, estaban
expuestos a dano fisico y muerte; debido a que el patrono no proveyo
adiestramiento a sus
empleados 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 Domistica en el lugar de
trabajo, Ley No. 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: Violencia Domestica en el lugar de trabajo.
Metodo para disminuir el riesgo: El patrono debe proveer adiestramiento a
todos los empleados
en los establecimientos con relacion al protocolo escrito para el manejo
de violencia domestica
en el area de trabajo.a

Issued

Sep 11, 2009

Abate by

Sep 30, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,000