OSHA Inspection: PANORAMA COORDINATED SERVICES INC.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a) Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.  The employer operates equipment such as, but not limited to, a skidsteer, snow blowers, lawn mowers, and blowers where the unexpected energization, startup, or release of stored energy could cause injury.  This condition exposed employees to amputation, struck-by, and caught in-between hazards.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training:    a) Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training. The employer did not comply with the requirements associated with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) implemented in 2012.  This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not have a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas):    a) Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not have a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.  This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    a) Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not provide effective information and training on hazardous chemicals to employees at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area.  Employees used gasoline, lubricants, solvents, paints, and other chemicals in their work areas.  This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1)(ii): Where circumstances such as high worker mobility, significant variations in sound level, or a significant component of impulse noise make area monitoring generally inappropriate, the employer did not use representative personal sampling to comply with the monitoring requirements of this paragraph:    a)  Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not establish representative personal sampling to comply with the monitoring requirements of this paragraph where employees were using lawn care, landscaping equipment, and snow handling equipment, such as, but not limited to, mowers, trimmers, weed blowers, snow blowers, and a skidsteer.  This condition exposed employees to hearing loss hazards from excessive noise.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    a)  Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed;  the dates of the hazard assessment;  and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.  This condition exposed employees to physical and health hazards.

Issued

Dec 9, 2019

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:    a) Panorama Coordinated Services, Inc., 395 East Rogers Road, Longmont, CO  80501:  On and before October 16, 2019, the employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily in the mechanics shop is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user.  This condition exposed employees to health hazards.