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: In the platform, in the south area of the "Tren Urbano, Sagrado Corazon Station", there was an employee installing soffit panels on the celling. He was in a man lift identified as ABLD4006, Model SJKB40IC and Serial Number 95102 when it overturned onto rail tracks. The employee was at approximately 12 feet in height in the basket from the man lift to the platform, at approximately 4 feet height of the platform to the rail tracks and at approximately 7 inches from the edge of the platform.The Supervisor was in another man lift simultaneously. The employer did not have effective and continuos supervision that identified the predictable fall hazard to the employee and did not develop corrective measures to eliminate the hazard. Hazard: Fall and overturned of the machine. Amoung other to correct this hazard is provide a hazard safety analisys of the worplace before start to work and supervise that the employee have a safe practice. En la plataforma, en el area sur del Tren Urbano, Estacion Sagrado Corazon, habia un empleado instalando paneles en el plafon del techo. El estaba en un man lift' identificado como ABLD4006, Modelo SJKB401C y Numero de Serie 95102 cuando se volco sobre los rieles del tren. El empleado estaba a aproximadamente 12 pies de altura de la canasta del "man lift" a la plataforma, aproximadamente 4 pies de alto de la plataforma a los rieles y aproximadamente 7 pulgadas del borde de la plataforma. El Supervisor se encontraba en otro "man lift" simultaneamente. El patrono no tenia una efectiva y continua supervision que identificara los riesgos a caida predecibles y no tenia desarrollado medidas corectivas para eliminar el riesgo. Riesgo: Caida y vuelco del equipo. Entre otros metodos para corregir este riesgo es proveer un analisis de riesgo de seguridad del lugar de trabajo antes de comenzar a trabajar y supervisar que los empleados tengan unas practicas seguras.s