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Standard Cited: 6A0001 General Duty Clause

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Inspection Nr: 126924935

Citation: 02001

Citation Type: Willful

Abatement Status:

Initial Penalty: $63,000.00

Current Penalty:

Issuance Date: 10/30/1998

Nr Instances: 17

Nr Exposed: 16

Abatement Date: 11/12/1998

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0257230

Contest Date:

Final Order:

Related Event Code (REC):

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Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History
Type Latest Event Event Date Penalty Abatement Due Date Citation Type Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty I: Informal Settlement 12/09/1998 11/12/1998 Willful  
Penalty Z: Issued 10/30/1998 $63,000.00 11/12/1998 Willful  

Text For Citation: 02 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: At the mixed concrete manufacturing Plant Number # 1: On august 9, 1998 the employer's safety manager send an instruction report to every mix manufacturing plant stating that all vehicles shall be equiped with an audible warning device or reverse signal alarm audible above the surrounding site noise level; on august 21, 1998, an employee was impacted by truck number # 69, which to this date was not equiped with a reverse signal alarm. The affected emplyee was carried out to the State Compensation Fund Corporation Hospital where he was diagnosed head, forehead and face trauma, nose abration, left shoulder sprain, right and left forearm trauma and lumbo sacral sprain, all injuries impact related according to the attending physician. Up to the inspection date on september 14,1998, seventeen (17) trucks, including truck number # 69, used to transport mixed concrete remained without been equiped with reverse signal alarms. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to inspect all vehicles for reverse signal alarms and install this equipment on those vehicles detected with fault. En la Planta de concreto mezclado Numero # 1: En 9 de agosto de 1998, el gerente de seguridad del patrono envio un informe instruccional a cada planta de manufactura de mezcla estableciendo que todos los vehiculos tenian que estar equipados con un aparato de precaucion audible o alarma de retroceso audible sobre el nivel de ruido del sitio; el 21 de agosto de 1998, un empleado fue impactado por el camion numero # 69, el cual hasta esta fecha no estaba equipado con una senal de alarma de retroceso. El empleado afectado fue llevado al Hospital de la Corporacion del Fondo del Seguro del Estado donde le fue diagnosticado trauma de la cabeza, frente y la cara, abrasion en la nariz, torcedura del hombro izquierdo, traumas en los antebrazos derecho e izquierdo y torcedura lumbo sacral; todas estas lesiones relacionadas con el impacto, arrastre y caida al suelo, de acuerdo con el medico que le atendio. Hasta la fecha de inspeccion en 14 de septiembre de 1998, diecisiete (17) camiones usados para el acarreo de concreto mezclado, incluyendo el camion numero # 69, permanecian sin haber sido equipados con senales de alarma de retroceso. Entre otros metodos, un metodo accesible y aceptable para corregir este riesgo es inspeccionar todos los vehiculos para senales de alarma de retroceso e instalarlas en aquellos vehiculos detectadas en falta.

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