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: Treasury Department - Bayamon, Colector's Office Administrator, reception's area, and the Human Resourcer Analyst's Office, third floor: There were observed computer's and phone's cables, at the floor. The employees were performed administratives works, such as: computer writing, answer phone calls, among others. Hazard: Stumble and falls by cables. Among others method, a feasible and aceptable to correct this hazard is, to relocated o take out the cables at the floor. Depto. de Hacienda - Bayamon, Oficina de Administracion de Colecturias, area de recepcion y en la Oficina de la Analista de Recursos Humanos, tercer piso: Se observo que habian cables de terminales de computadora y de telefonos en el piso. Los empleados realizaban trabajos administrativos como: escribir en computadora, contestar el telefono, entre otros. Riesgo: Tropezones y caidas con los cables. Entre otros metodos, un metodo accesible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es, reubicar o sacar los cables del piso.s