OSHA Inspection: UPR RECINTO DE RIO PIEDRAS OFIC RECTORA

Issued

Oct 11, 2010

Abate by

Nov 11, 2010

Penalty

Initial $2,250 · Current $1,575 Reduced

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 University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, the employees of the
university
faculty such as; administrative staff, security staff, maintenance staff,
university professor
and deans, were exposed to walk and work near aggressive dogs that had
accees and
stayed at different areas of the Campus.   By the statements of staff
personel
and
employees, medicals records, cases of reported incidents and dogs observed
at the
campus, it was found that the employees were exposed to attack and others
were attacked
by dogs on several occasions.
Hazard: Expose to work and walk near aggressive animals.
Among other methods one feaseable method to correct this hazard, the
employer shall
request the services of a company or agency to collect the dogs and
establish procedures
to prevent employee exposure to them.
En la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras, los empleados de
la facultad
universitaria tales como; personal administrativo, personal de seguridad,
personal de
mantenimiento, profesores y decanos, estaban expuestos a caminar y
trabajar cerca de
perros agresivos que tenian acceso y permanecian por diferentes areas del
Recinto.
Mediante declaraciones de personal administrativo y empleados, registros
medicos, casos
de incidentes reportados y perros observados por el Recinto, se encontro
que los
empleados estaban expuestos a ser atacados, y otros, fueron atacados por
perros en varias
ocasiones.
Riesgo: Exposicion a trabajar y caminar cerca de animales agresivos.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible para corregir este riesgo es que
el patrono
contrate los servicios de una compania o agencia para recoger a los perros
y establecer
procedimientos para prevenir la exposicion de empleados a estos.dos