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

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: Graphics arts building - over printing machines Chief-217 and Multilith Offset-2659, rate air exhaust system had capture lectures between 0 and 10 ft/min in breathing zone of employees when the theorical minimum control velocity is of 50 ft/min as required in ANSI Z9.2-1979. Hazard: Exposure or overexposure to chemical gases and vapors. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct the hazard is to locate the exhaust hood as close as possible to the point of contaminant dispersal. En edificio de artes graficas - sobre las maquinas de imprenta Chief-217 y Multilith Offset-2659, la velocidad del aire del sistema extraccion tenia lecturas de captura entre 0 y 10 pies/min en zona respirable de los empleados cuando la velocidad minima de control teorica es de 50 pies/min segun requerida en el ANSI Z9.2-1979. Riesgo: Exposicion o sobrexposicion a gases y vapores quimicos. Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable de corregir el riesgo es de ubicar la campana de extraccion tan cerca como sea posible al punto de la dispersion del contaminante.n