OSHA Inspection: ARCOS DORADOS PR INC (MC-DONALD'S VILLALBA)

Issued

Oct 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Oct 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,500

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 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 MC-Donald's (Arcos Dorados P.R. Inc), located at
Road 149
Km.57.9, Bo. Tierra Santa, Villalba, PR. The employer did not established
an
officcial Training about the  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 de MC-Donald's (Arcos Dorados P.R. Inc),
localizado en
Car. 149 Km. 57, Bo. Tierra Santa en Villalba, PR. El patrono no hab3a
establecido
un adiestramiento oficial sobre el  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 m3nimos: declaracion de pol3tica publica, base legal
y
apicabilidad, responsabilidad del personal, procedimiento y medidas
uniformes a
seguir en manejos de casos.