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

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: a. Receive serious injuries due to the use of a defective uncertified elevator trademark Westinghouse, serial number 11578-2 of 4,000 pounds capacity (26 passenger) located at the east side of the Ponce Governmental Center. After and inspection was made on January 25, 2007 the elevator was found defective an it was not taken out of operation; causing an accident on February 28, 2007. Among other methods one feasible and accepatble abatement method to correct this hazard is to render the elevator inoperative maintaining it closed and labeled defective until repair and certified by an inspector. a. Recibir lesiones serias debido al uso de un ascensor defectuoso, sin certificado de inspeccion; marca Westinghouse, numero de serie 11578-2, de 4,000 libras de capacidad (26 pasajeros) lozalizado en el lado este del Centro Gubernamental de Ponce. En una inspeccion hecha el 25 de enero de 2007 el ascensor se encontro defectuoso y no se saco fuera de servicio, casusando un accidente el 28 de febrero de 2007. Entre otros metodos un metodo aceptable y viable para corregir este riesgo es sacar el ascensor de operacion (mantenerlo cerrado y rotulado como defectuoso) hasta que se repare y sea certififcado por un inspector.