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. Receive serious injuries by falls due to an unstable and unsafe cover of a gathering pit, which visible part is of wood of 1/2 inch thickness, 2 x 2 feet aproximately, being the pit 8 feet 5 inches deep. The employees pass over or near this cover as an access from the employees parking to the restaurant. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to install a steel cover. a. Recibir lesiones serias por caidas debido a una tapa inestable e insegura de de un foso colector cuya parte visible es de madera de 1/2 pulgada de grosor y de 2 x 2 pies aproximadamente, teniendo el foso 8 pies y 5 pulgadas de profundidad. Los empleados pasaban sobre o proximo a dicha tapa como un acceso desde el estacionamiento de empleados hasta el restaurante. Entre otos metodos correctivos, uno seguro y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es colocarle una tapa de metal.