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

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: At Municipal Police Department in Municipio de Hatillo, there were policemen that had been unarmed. They had been in the police checkpoint area, without an armed policeman constantly present in the Municipal Police Department. The employees could need help from an armed policeman in case of exposure to any violent scene. One feasible and acceptable abatement method among others, to correct this hazard is to maintain an armed policeman in the Municipal Police Department, while the unarmed policemen are performing their tasks in the police checkpoint area. En el Departamento de la Policia Municipal en el Municipio de Hatillo, habian policias desarmados. Ellos han estado en el area de reten, sin policias armados constantemente presentes en el Cuartel Municipal. Los empleados podrian necesitar ayuda de un policia armado en caso de una exposicion a un escenario violento. Un metodo factible y aceptable entre otros, es corregir este riesgo es manteniendo un policia armado en el Cuartel Municipal, mientras los policias desarmados realizan sus tareas en el area de reten.