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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 6A0001 General Duty Clause

Inspection Nr: 300425089

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: X

Initial Penalty: $750.00

Current Penalty: $300.00

Issuance Date: 03/30/1999

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 3

Abatement Date: 04/05/1999

Gravity: 03

Report ID: 0257250

Contest Date:

Final Order:

Related Event Code (REC):

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Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History
Type Latest Event Event Date Penalty Abatement Due Date Citation Type Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty I: Informal Settlement 04/13/1999 $300.00 04/05/1999 Serious  
Penalty Z: Issued 03/30/1999 $750.00 04/05/1999 Serious  

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 injuries due to collapse of the wooden roof in the lumber and building material storage, used by the employees to dispatch merchandise. At the time of inspection the roof was falling down due to broken timber located at the west side of the entrance in the storage area.Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to repair the wooden roof to avoid collapse. a. Recibir lesiones dado a colapso del techo de madera en el almacen de maderas y materiales de construccion, usado por los empleados para despachar mercancias. Al tiempo de la inpeccion el techo estaba callendose, dado a la madera rota, estaba localizado al lado oeste de la entrada al area del almacen. Entre otros metodos de correcion , un metodo factible y aceptable de correcion para reducir este riesgo es reparar el techo de madera para evitar el colapso.

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