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

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. Receive serious injuries due to the discontinuity of the pressure of the air supply. At the mixing area. Employee working with Methylene Chloride, a 50 feet air line respirator were pinch by two doors. Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to install an air line throw the wall. a. Recibir lesiones serias por la descontinuacion de la presion de aire en el suplido de aire. En el area de mezclado empleado trabajando con Methylene Chloride con una linea de aire para el respirador de 50 pies de largo estaba pinchada por dos puertas. Entre otro metodo uno aceptable para corregir este riesgo es instalar una linea de aire atraves de la pared.