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

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 the "Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena", contract area, employees performed office works, such as: writing in computer. It were observed the plumbs of the air conditioner system that it crosses the Contract Office, dropping water into the floor. It were observed too, walls damped and dotted due the humidity, conditions that promotes the fungi proliferation. In the area it was found the humidity in a 71.7when the recommendations of the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) are 20-60 Hazard: Contact of the skin and the respiratory system with microorganisms that produces infections and allergies. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are: 1.To change the deteriorated insulation. 2.To put dehumidificators in the area. En el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, area de Contratos, empleados realizaron trabajos de oficina, tal como escribiendo en computadora. Se observo la tuberia del sistema del acondicionador del aire, que cruza a traves de la Oficina de Contratos, gotereando agua en el suelo. Se observo tambien, paredes humedecidas y manchadas por la humedad, condiciones que favorecen la proliferacion de hongos. En el area, se encontro la humedad relativa en un 71.7, cuando la recomendacion de la American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) es de 20- 60 Riesgo: Contacto de piel y sistema respiratorio con microorganismos que producen infecciones y alergias. Entre otros metodos, algunos metodos accesibles y aceptables para corregir este riesgo son: 1.Cambiar la insulacion deteriorada. 2.Colocar dehumidificadores en el area.idificadores