OSHA Inspection: MUNICIPIO AUTONOMO CAROLINA DPTO OBRAS PUBLICAS

Issued

Sep 16, 2010

Abate by

Nov 2, 2010

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

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:
At the Transportation and Public Work Department of Carolina Municipality,
the employer
failed to train the employees in the fundamental principles of temporary
traffic control in
accordance to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). It
was documented
that on June 11, 2010 at Baldorioty De Castro Avenue in Carolina two
employees were injured
when a car hit a traffic arrow signal while them placing at the avenue
traffic control devices to
do landscaping task. The employees had not knowledge about the use of
temporary traffic
control devices such as and not limited to traffic cones or arrow boards.
One method among others to abate this hazard: develop a written protocol
to work in traffic
zones and provide formal training to all the employees, to have knowledge
in accordance to
MUTCD.
En la avenida Baldorioty De Castro, el Departamento de Transportacion y
Obras Publicas del
Municipio de Carolina, fallo cuando no proveyo adiestramiento a los
empleados sobre los
principios fundamentales para el control temporero del transito en
conformidad con el Manual
Uniforme para Dispositivos de Control de Transito (MUTCD). Se documento
que el 11 de junio
de 2010, dos empleados resultaron heridos cuando un carro choco contra una
senal de transito
de flecha, mientras estos empleados colocaban dispositivos de control de
transito.  Los
empleados no tenian conocimientos sobre el uso de los dispositivos de
control de transito tales
como y no limitados a conos para transito y pizarras de flechas.
Un metodo entre otros para disminuir el riesgo es: Desarrollar un
protocolo escrito para trabajos
en zonas de transito y proveer adiestramiento formal a todos los empleados
para que tengan
conocimientos en conformidad con el MUTCD.