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OSHA Inspection: MIGUEL CRUZ LOPEZ DBA CENTRO CERAMICO

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of MIGUEL CRUZ LOPEZ DBA CENTRO CERAMICO in CARR 3 KM 140.5 SECTOR MELANIA, GUAYAMA, PR 00784 (NAICS 444190). OSHA activity number 313820680.

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Site address
CARR 3 KM 140.5 SECTOR MELANIA
City
GUAYAMA
State
PR
ZIP
00784
Mailing
CARR 3 KM 140.5 SECTOR MELANIA, GUAYAMA, PR 00784
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
Yes
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
444190
SIC code (legacy)
5211
Employees
4
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

6A0001

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Sep 21, 2010
Abate by
Oct 15, 2010
Penalty
Initial $600 · Current $600
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:
At warehouse of establishement Centro Ceramico - Elevated work platform
mounted on power
industrial truck did not comply with the following ANSI B56.1-2000
requirements:
a. The platform did not have a guardrail system.
b. The platform was not properly secured to the forks.
c. The platform did not have a means where employees could securely anchor
a fall arrest device
Employees declared using wood palet inserted in the forks of forklifts to
store and dispatch
merchandise up to aproximately 18 feet high.  They use (2) forklifts gas
type, manufacturer
Nissan, model numbers KAPH02A25PV and KPH02A25PV, chassis numbers
KAPH02P900793
and KPH02P900317.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is:
a. The work platforms shall have permanent and legible identification
providing information of
platform weight and platform rated load.
b. The work platform shall be secured to the fork carriage to prevent
forward, lateral or
rotational movement.
c. The platform shall have a guardrail system and a 4 inch high toe board
on all sides.
d. The work platform shall have a suitable anchor point where the
occupants could securely
anchor a fall arrest device.  Must provide fall arrest equipment and
appropiate training to
employees about the use of fall arrest equipment.
e. The platform shall have a slip resistant floor surface.
Hazard:  Falls.
En el almacen del establecimiento Centro Ceramico - Plataforma elevada
para trabajo montada
en camion industrial no cumplia con los siguientes requerimientos del ANSI
B56.1-2000:
a. La plataforma no tenia un sistema de barandas.
b. La plataforma no estaba asegurada a los tenedores en forma apropiada.
c. La plataforma no tenia un medio donde los empleados podrian anclar de
forma segura un
dispositivo de detencion de caidas.
Empleados declararon que utilizan una paleta de madera insertada en los
tenedores
del
montacarga para almacenar y despachar mercancia a alturas de
aproximadamente 18 pies. Utilizan (2) montacargas de gas, manufacturero
Nissan, modelos numero KAPH02A25PV y
KPH02A25PV, numero de chassis KAPH02P900793 y KPH02P900317.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable de corregir este
riesgo es:
a. La plataforma de trabajo debe tener identificacion permanente y
legible, proveyendo
informacion del peso de la plataforma y clasificacion de carga de la
plataforma.
b. La plataforma de trabajo debe asegurarse a los tenedores para evitar
movimientos frontal,
lateral, o en rotacion.
c. La plataforma debe tener un sistema de barandas y 4 pulgadas de alto de
tabla de capellada
en todos los lados.
d. La plataforma de trabajo debera tener un punto de anclaje adecuado
donde los ocupantes
puedan anclar de forma segura un dispositivo de detencion de caidas.  Debe
proveer equipo de
detencion de caidas y adiestramiento apropiado a empleados sobre el uso
del equipo conta
caidas.
e. La plataforma debera tener una superficie de suelo antideslizante.
Riesgo:  Caidas.

1910.178 L01 I

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 21, 2010
Abate by
Oct 15, 2010
Penalty
Initial $600 · Current $600

6A0001

Other-than-serious 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Sep 21, 2010
Abate by
Oct 15, 2010
Penalty
Initial $500 · Current $500
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 estan
causando o que
puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados
estaban expuestos
a:
Employer Miguel Cruz Lopez dba Centro Ceramico did not have a protocol to
handle domestic
violence in the workplace, as required by the Act for the Implementation
of a Protocol to Handle
Domestic Violence Situations in the Workplace or Place of Employment, Act
No. 217 of 2006.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to develop
a written protocol to handle domestic violence in the workplace and
provide training to all the
employees.  Information is available at the Women's Advocate Office, A
Guide for Employers:
Domestic Violence in the Workplace, and other references provided during
the inspection.
Patrono Miguel Cruz Lopez dba Centro Ceramico no tenia un protocolo para
manejar violencia
domestica en el lugar de trabajo, segun requerido por la Ley para la
Implantacion de un
Protocolo para Manejar Situaciones de Violencia Domestica en el Lugar o
Sitio de Trabajo, Ley
Num. 217 de 2006.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este
riesgo
es desarrollar un
protocolo escrito para manejar violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo
y proveer
adiestramiento a todos los empleados.  Informacion esta disponible en la
Oficina de la
Procuradora de las Mujeres, Una Guia para Patronos: Violencia Domestica en
el Lugar de
Trabajo, y otras referencias provistas durante la inspeccion.

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