P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 361e
(a) Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards which are causing or may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
(b) Each employer shall provide and insure the use of safety devices, safeguards and the personal protective equipment that may be prescribed or required by the Secretary, or that may be reasonably necessary, without any cost to any employee.
(c) Each employer shall comply with the occupational safety and health standards promulgated under §§ 361—361aa of this title and with the rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant thereto.
(d) Every employer must notify the Secretary of Labor or the person designated by him/her when a serious or fatal accident takes place within eight (8) hours following the accident. The Secretary shall determine the method of notification.
(e) Each employee shall comply with the occupational safety and health standards and with all the rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to §§ 361—361aa of this title which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.
(f) Each employee shall use and take care of the personal protective equipment furnished to him by his employer.
(g) No employee shall remove, displace, damage, destroy, take or fail to use any safety device or safeguard which has been furnished or provided to be used in any employment or place of employment, nor in any way interfere with said safety device while it is being used by another person, nor shall any employee interfere with the use of any method, process or system adopted for the protection of employees, nor fail or neglect to do everything that may be reasonably necessary to protect the safety and life of himself as well as of other employees. Noncompliance with this subsection on the part of the employee shall not relieve the employer from his duties under §§ 361—361aa of this title.
(h) Each owner of any premises used in whole or in part as a place of employment shall comply with all the occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to §§ 361—361aa of this title, with respect to those parts of the premises under his control and not under the control of the employer. Failure to comply therewith shall make the owner of said premises subject to the enforcement proceedings and the penalties applicable to employers under §§ 361—361aa of this title. Such owner shall have the same rights as an employer under §§ 361—361aa of this title. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve an employer of his duties under this section.
History —Aug. 5, 1975, No. 16, p. 605, § 6; Dec. 19, 2002, No. 281, § 5, eff. 30 days after Dec. 19, 2002.