OSHA Inspection: W C CARIBBEAN INSTRUMENT CORP

Issued

Sep 2, 2011

Abate by

Sep 27, 2011

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $525 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. Receive serious injuries as following: irritating eyes, skin, cough,
chest pain,
abdominal pain, diarrhea, shortness of breath; due to mishandling of
equipment
conteining chemical (thermometer) in that employee were in contact with
mercury due
to and spillage from a broken termometer (12 inches tall aprox.) Employees
were
exposed to mercury poisoning.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to evaluate the work area, to realize an inventory of chemical
and providing
a plan with action to avoid chemical spills in case of having developing a
plan of action
in case of happening a spill, to train the employees in the risks of
several chemical and
forms to contains spills and/or equipment that contains this materials
like own
occupational risks of this occupation.
a. Recibir serias lesiones como: irritacion de ojos, piel, tos, dolor de
pecho, dolor
abdominal, diarrea, corta respiracion; debido al mal manejo de equipo con
contenido
quimico (termometro) que los empleados estuvieron en contacto con mercurio
debido a
derrame por un termometro roto (12 pulgadas de alto aprox.). Empleados
fueron
expuestos a envenenamiento por mercurio.
Entre otros metodos un metodo aceptable y posible de corregir este riesgo:
evaluar el
area de trabajo, realizar un inventario y proveer un plan de accion para
evitar derrames
en caso de haber quimicos, desarrollar un plan de accion en caso de que
ocurra un
derrame, adiestrar los empleados en los riesgos de ciertos quimicos y
formas de contener
derrames y/o danos de equipo que contengan este material como riesgos
ocupacionales
propios de este oficio.

Issued

Sep 2, 2011

Abate by

Sep 27, 2011

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. The employer WC Caribbean Instruments,Inc. did not have a written
protocol to
handle 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.
Method to abate the hazard: Develop a written protocol to handle domestic
violence in
the workplace and provide training to all the employees. Information is
available at the
Women's Advocate Office, A Guide for Employers: Domestic Violence in the
Workplace
and other references provided during the inspection.
a.El patrono WC Caribbean Instruments, Inc. no tenia un protocolo escrito
para manejar
la violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo segun lo requerido en la Ley
de
Implementacion del Protocolo de Manejo Situaciones de Violencia Domestica
en el Lugar
de Trabajo o de Empleo. Ley 217 de 2006.
Un metodo para corregir el riesgo: Desarrollar un protocolo escrito para
manejar la
violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo y proveer un adiestramiento a
todos los
empleados.Informacion se encuentra disponible en la Oficina de la
Procuradora de
Asuntos de la Mujer, una guia para patronos: Violencia Domestica en el
Lugar de
Trabajo y otras referencias provistas durante la inspeccion.

Issued

Sep 2, 2011

Abate by

Sep 13, 2011

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. Employer WC Caribbean Instrument, Inc. did not provide training to his
employees
related to the establishment of a 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 Situationsin the Workplace or Place of Employment, Act
No. 217 of
2006 (for private and public employers, except municipalities)
Method to abate the hazard: Employers shall provide training to all the
establishment's
employees related to its written protocol for the handling of domestic
violence in the
workplace.
a. El patrono WC Caribbean Instruments, Inc.no proveyo adiestramiento a
sus empleados
relacionado a el Protocolo escrito sobre el Manejo de Violencia Domestica
en el Lugar
de Trabajo segun requerido por la Ley de Implementacion de un Protocolo de
Manejo
de Violencia Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo o Lugar de Empleo, Ley 217
de 2006
(para patronos privados, publicos excepto municipios).
Metodo para corregir el riesgo: Patronos tienen que proveer un
adiestramiento a todos
sus empleados del establecimiento relacionado a sus Protocolo para el
Manejo de
Violencia Domestica en el Lugar de Trabajo.