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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 6A0001 General Duty Clause

Inspection Nr: 300918786

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: X

Initial Penalty: $1,500.00

Current Penalty: $1,125.00

Issuance Date: 01/26/1999

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 1

Abatement Date: 02/01/1999

Gravity: 01

Report ID: 0257210

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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	02/08/1999	$1,125.00	02/01/1999	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	01/26/1999	$1,500.00	02/01/1999	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)An employee was found working over machinery ( Hydraulic Press without manufacture description plate found to be reconstructed by Deutsche, 150 ton.-hydraulic Circuit, dwg. no. 86-1029-D-VP, as a mechanic the press no. 19) 8 feet above adjacent floor to change a defective hose from the hydraulic system without personal fall arrest system. The employee had to stand over the equipment due to the place of the breakage and since he reach the height by a mobile scaffold jumping out of it, walk over the components of the press reaching the place of the breakage and started working in the repair. Employee exposed to fractures and other similar injuries due to falls. Among other methods one feasible is to implant the use of a personal fall arrest system. a)Un empleado fue encontrado trabajando sobre maquinaria (Prensa Hidraulica sin la placa descriptiva del manufacturero reconstruida por Deutsche, 150 ton.-Circuito Hidraulico, dibujo no. 86-1029-D-VP, segun el mecanico la prensa no. 19) 8 pies sobre piso adyacente para reemplazar una manga del sistema hidraulico sin equipo de proteccion personal contra caidas. El empleado tuvo que subirse sobre el equipo debido al lugar de la rotura y ya que alcanzo la altura con un equipo de andamio movible bajandose de este, caminando sobre los componentes de la prensa hasta alcanzar el lugar de la rotura y comenzar a trabajar en la reparacion. Empleados expuestos a fracturas y otras lesiones similares por caidas. Ademas de otros metodos, uno factible lo es el implantar el uso de sistema de proteccion de arresto personal.n

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