OSHA Inspection: LM WASTE SERVICE CORP

Issued

Nov 18, 2009

Abate by

Dec 15, 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:
Employer LM Waste Service Corp. did not provide training to their
employees related
to the establishment 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.
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
provide training to all the establishment's employees related to its
written protocol for
the handling of domestic violence in the workplace.
Patrono LM Waste Service Corp. no proveyo adiestramiento a sus empleados
relacionado
al protocolo escrito del establecimiento para el manejo de violencia
domestica en el lugar
de trabajo, segun requerido por la Ley para la Implantacion de un
Protocolo para
Manejar Situaciones de Violencia Domestica en el Lugar o Sitio de Trabajo,
Ley Num.
217 de 2006.
Riesgo: Fatalidades, lesiones, y enfermedades relacionadas a violencia
domestica
en el
lugar de trabajo.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo es proveer
adiestramiento a todos los empleados del establecimiento relacionado a su
protocolo
escrito para el manejo de violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo.a