OSHA Inspection: AGROPHARMA LABORATORIES

Issued

Nov 10, 2010

Abate by

Dec 6, 2010

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $350 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:
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 Agropharma Laboratories, Inc. located in Road 701
Km. 0.4,
Playa Salinas Ind. Park, Salinas, P.R. The employer did not have a
protocol to handle
situations of domestic violence (physical, verbal, and emotional
aggression and even
murder) at the workplace.  Among other methods, one feasible and
acceptable
method
to correct this hazard is to establish and implement a written protocol to
manage
situations of domestic violence at the workplace as required by Act Number
217 of
September 29, 2006.  The protocol must include the following minimum
requirements: A public policy statement, legal basis and applicability,
responsabilities
of the personnel, and uniform procedures and measures to be followed in
order to
handle the cases. It has to be evaluated and certified by the Women's
Advocate
Office.
a. En el lugar de trabajo en Agropharma Laboratories, Inc., ubicado en
Playa Salinas
Ind. Park en Salinas, P.R. El patrono no tenia un protocolo para manejar
situaciones
de violencia domestica en el lugar the trabajo. Entre otros metodos, un
metodo
factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es establecer e implementar
un protocolo
escrito para manejar situaciones de violencia domestica en el 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
apicabilidad, responsabilidad del personal, y procedimiento y medidas
uniformes a
seguir en manejos de casos. Este tendra que ser evaluado y certificado por
la Oficina
de la Procuradora de las Mujeres.