OSHA Inspection: DCR CAMPAMENTO ZARZAL

Issued

Nov 3, 2010

Abate by

Nov 22, 2010

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:
At Department of Correction and Rehabilitacion of Puerto Rico
(Correctional
Camp El Zarzal)
located in Rio Grande, did not provided training to his employees related
to the establishment
written protocol for the handling of 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 Employment, Act No. 217 of 2006.
Hazard: Employees exposured to domestic violence in the workplace.
Method to abate the hazard: The employer shall provide training to all the
establishment's
employees related to its written protocol for the handling of domestic
violence in the workplace.
En el Departamento de Correccion y Rehabilitacion de Puerto Rico
(Campamento Correccional
El Zarzal), localizado en Rio Grande, no proveyo adiestramiento a sus
empleados relacionado
al establecimiento de su Protocolo para el Manejo de Violencia Domestica
en el lugar de trabajo,
como es requerido por la Ley para la Implantacion de un Protocolo para
Manejar
Situaciones
de Violencia Domestica en el lugar de trabajo, Ley No. 217 de 2006.
Riesgo: Empleados expuestos a violencia domestica en el lugar de trabajo.
Metodo para disminuir el riesgo: El patrono debe proveer adiestramiento a
todos los empleados
en los establecimientos con relacion al protocolo escrito para el manejo
de violencia domestica
en el area de trabajo.a