OSHA Inspection: PANORAMA INC.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(i): Suitability for installation and use in conformity with the provisions of this subpart. Suitability of equipment for an identified purpose may be evidenced by listing, labeling, or certification for that identified purpose.    East side structure; employees used a utility box that was attached to the end of a flexible cord to power electrical adapters Hilti portable drills and chargers, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $648.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Installation and use. Listed, labeled, or certified equipment were not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification.    East side structure; Employees used a relocatable power tap in lieu of fixed wiring to power a table saw, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent and continuous.    a)  East side of the structure; employees used an orange flexible cord that was missing a ground prong to power a table       saw, exposing employees to electrical hazards.    b)  East side of the jobsite; employees used a yellow flexible cord that was missing the ground prong, to power a Hilta       portable drill, model SF-151-A and the charger, model C7/24, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    North side of the structure; an employee constructed a parapet wall from a tubular welded frame scaffold platforms that was not fully planked, exposing employees to fall hazards at approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.     North side of the structure; an employee constructed a parapet wall from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have a guardrail system, exposing employees to fall hazards at approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    North and east side of the structure; employees climbed down the tubular welded frame scaffold crossbracing to exit the scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards at approximately 15 feet.