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: Sun Construction Group, S.P. was the prime contractor in the construction having A&E Group working at the site under a contract. At the second floor of the Escorial Office Building I, under construction, A&E Group employees were observed installing precast walls by the edge, at a height of 11 feet from the lower level, and these employees wore body harness hanging loose from their body, in contradiction of the Fall Arrest System instructions. Hazard: Fall, employees being pinched by the harness and impact by loose harness. Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to wear the harness snug to the body. Sun Construction Group, S.P. era el contratista general en la construccion donde A&E Group trabajaba para ellos bajo contrato. En el segundo piso del edificio en construccion Escorial Office Building I, empleados de A&E Group fueron observados instalando paredes prefabricadas al lado de un borde, a una altura de 11 pies sobre el nivel inferior, y estos empleados usaban sueltos sus arnes, en contradiccion a las instrucciones del sistema de proteccion contra caidas. Riesgo: Caida, que los empleados se pinchen con el arnes o reciban un impacto del arnes suelto. Entre otros metodos de correcion un metodo factible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es utilizar el arnes ajustado al cuerpo.