OSHA Inspection: PONCE BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Jan 25, 2013

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $450 · Current $450

Issued

Jan 25, 2013

Abate by

Feb 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $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 construction project, Ponce Ramada Hotel, Ponce. The Employer,
POnce
Builders Inc. did not have a protocol to handle situations of domestic
violence at the
workplace. Among others 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 protocol must include the following minimun requirements: A
public
policy statement, legal basis and applicability, responsabilities of
personnel, and
uniform procedures and measures to be followed in order to handle the
cases.
Hazards: Fatalities, injuries and illnesses related to domestic violence
in the
workplace.
a. En el proyecto de construccion, Hotel Ponce Ramada. El Patrono, Ponce
Builders
Inc. no ten3a un 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 siquientes
requisitos
m3nimos: Declaracion de pol3tica publica, base legal y la aplicabilidad,
responsabilidad del personal y procedimientos y medidas uniformes a seguir
en
manejos de casos.
Riesgo: Fatalidades,lesiones y enfermedades relacionadas con violencia
domestica en
el area de trabajo.