OSHA Inspection: PUERTO DE PONCE, JUNTA ADMINISTRATIVA

Issued

Dec 8, 2011

Abate by

Jan 3, 2012

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:
a. At the workplace of PUERTO DE PONCE, JUNTA ADMINISTRATIVA, IN
P.R.#12 FINAL, TERMINAL TURISTICO PUERTO DE PONCE. 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 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.
a. En el lugar de trabajo en PUERTO DE PONCE, JUNTA ADMINISTRATIVA,
EN CAR.#12 FINAL, TERMINAL TURISTICO PUERTO DE PONCE. 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.