OSHA Inspection: XTREME GAS STATION

Issued

2010-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00

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. At the workplace of Xtreme Gas Station at Yauco. The employer did not
have a
protocol to handle situations of domestic violence (physical, verbal, and
emotional
aggression) at the workplace.  Among other methods, one feasible
acceptable method to
correct this hazard is to establish and implement a write protocol to
manage
situations
of domestic violence at the workplace as required by Act No. 217 of
September 29,
2006. The protocol must include the following minimum requirements: A
public policy
statement, legal basis and applicability, responsibility the personnel,
and uniform
procedures and measures to be followed in order to how manage the cases.
a. En el lugar de trabajo en Xtreme Gas Station en Yauco.  El patrono no
tenia un
protocolo para manejar situaciones de violencia domestica en el lugar de
trabajo
(agresiones fisicas, verbal, y emocional).  Entre otros metodos, un metodo
factible y
aceptable para corregir este riesgo es implementar un protocolo escrito
para manejar
situaciones de violencia domestica 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 politica publica, base legal y aplicabilidad,
responsabilidad
del
personal, procedimientos y medidas uniformes a seguir en manejo de casos.