Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: LIFTING

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 injuries due to mechanism failure of overhead chain electric hoist, model RRT, 3 tons capacity, serial #L-0600NX, 2HP; used as lifting mechanism for a load- carrying unit, that employees used to transport merchandise. At the time of the inspection, the hoist was not inspected. The hoist was located at 2nd floor, north side of building. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to performed periodic inspections as defined in ANSI B30.16-1973 sec.16- 2.2.1.3 (or later edition). a. Recibir lesiones debido a falla de mecanismo de cabria de tope electrica de cadena, modelo RRT,3 tons capacidad, serie #L-0600NX, 2HP; usada como mecanismo de izar para levantar unidad de acarreo de carga, que empleados usan para transportar mercancia. Al momento de la inspeccioo, la cabria no estaba inspeccionada. La cabria estaba ubicada en el 2do. piso, lado norte edificio. Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y posible para corregir este riesgo es realizar inspecciones periodicas, segun define en ANSI B30-16-1973, sec.16-2.2.1.3.