OSHA Inspection: CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT LLC BURGER KING

Issued

Jan 19, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,875

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 october 31, 2010 in the Burger King located in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Road # 3 Km 23.5;
Employees were exposed to serious injuries such as frostbite and
hypothermia caused by the
exposure to lower temperatures. It was observed employees getting
merchandise from a
refrigerator located in the back of store that the inside door's handle
was
missing to open the
door from inside.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to repair or
reinstall handles to the refrigerator to open the door from inside to open
the door from inside
or remove secure of outside of the door.
Hazard: Employees can be locked within the refrigerator.
El 31 de octubre de 2010 en el Burger King localizado en Rio Grande Puerto
Rico en la
carretera # 3 KM 23.5; Empleados estaban expuestos a lesiones serias tales
como congelacion
e hipotermia causado por la exposicion a bajas temperaturas. Se observo a
empleados tomando
mercancia de una nevera localizada en la parte trasera de la tienda que le
faltaba la perilla
interna para poder abrir la puerta desde adentro.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible para corregir este riesgo es
reparar
o reinstalar la
perilla de la nevera para abrir la puerta desde el interior o remover
seguro de la parte de afuera
de la puerta.
Riesgo: Empleados pueden quedar atrapados dentro de la nevera.