OSHA Inspection: DRNA BRIGADA DE BOSQUES LAGO TOA VACA

Issued

Jun 13, 2012

Abate by

Jul 6, 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 DRNA, Toa Vaca Lake, Road #150 Km 3.7 Interior,
Villalba.
The employer, did not established an officcial Training about the
protocol to handle
situations of domestic violence (physical, verbal, 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 DRNA, Lago Toa Vaca, Carr #150 Km 3.7, Villalba.
El
patrono, no hab5a establecido un adiestramiento oficial sobre el
protocolo para
manejar situaciones de violencia domestica en el lugar de 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 m5nimos:
declaracion de
pol5tica publica, base legal y apicabilidad, responsabilidad del personal,
y
procedimiento y medidas uniformes a seguir en manejos de casos.