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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 6A0001 General Duty Clause

Inspection Nr: 300941390

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: I

Initial Penalty:

Current Penalty:

Issuance Date: 08/03/1999

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 18

Abatement Date: 08/06/1999

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0257240

Contest Date:

Final Order: 03/02/2001

Related Event Code (REC):

Emphasis:

**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	R: Review Commission	03/02/2001		08/06/1999	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	08/03/1999		08/06/1999	Serious

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

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)Electrical Hazard; Employees used and worked under metal bridge where the crane mark American, Model 7530, Serial Number 8007-A02484 give support to this one and where the boom of the crane made contact with electric line of 2400 volts and these one not been deenergized. Location: Road 423, Km 2.4, Moca, San Sebastian Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is deenergize the electric lines. a)Riesgo electrico; Empleados utilizaron y trabajaron debajo de un puente de metal donde la grua marca American, modelo 7530, numero de serie 8007- A02484 daba soporte a este y donde el boom de la grua hacia contacto con lineas electricas de 2400 voltios y estas no fueron denergizadas. Localizacion: Carretera 423, Km 2.4, Moca, San Sebastian Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable de correccion para este riesgo es denergizar las lineas electricas.":

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