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 falling from chairs which had defective casters and adjusting mechanism at the time of inspection. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to replaced the equipment. a. Recibir lesiones dado a caidas de las sillas el cual tienen las ruedas y el mecanismo de ajuste defectuoso al momento de la inspeccion. Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible para corregir este riesgo es reemplazar los equipos.ar