Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: FALLING

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: a. At the establishment. Employees were exposed to falls by trippings while working over passeway in water distribution tank without lighting. One fesible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is the installations of lighting. Hazard:Fall a. En el establecimiento. Emplesdos fueron expuesto a caidas por tropezar mientras trabajan sobre pasillo en tanque de distribucion de agua sin alumbrado. Un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es instalando alumbrado. Riesgo: Caidas