OSHA Inspection: DRNA BRIGADA DE BOSQUES(BOSQUE GUILARTE)

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, Guilarte Forest, Road #131 Int.518, Bo.
Guilarte,
Adjuntas. 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 en DRNA, Bosque Guilarte, Carr #131 Int.518 Bo.
Guilarte,
Adjuntas. 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, apicabilidad, responsabilidad
del personal,
procedimiento y medidas uniformes a seguir en manejos de casos.