Janesville, Wisconsin · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
8inspections
19citation items
$42,238current penalties
May 2, 2018last inspection
Panoramic, Inc. has 8 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 1995.
OSHA's last visit started on May 2, 2018 on a referral, in Janesville.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 19 citation items: 18 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $112,235 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $42,238, down 62%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (6 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Panoramic, Inc. averages $7,441 over 4 cited inspections in that time.
Panoramic, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Apr 26, 2018: Employee catches hand between machine rollers and is hospita
At 12:45 p.m. on April 26, 2018, an employee was working in a plastic extrusion plant and was cleaning some plastic material from the rollers that had started to build up. The employee was wearing a pair of gloves and had been using two rags while the rollers were in motion. The employee's right hand was pulled between the middle and top rollers, suffering multiple fractures and pulled the skin from his hand. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident on Feb 7, 2017: Employee injures hand while reloading plastic sheeting into
At 7:15 p.m. on February 7, 2017, an employee was feeding plastic material into a thermo forming machine at a plastic container manufacturing plant. After the material would not align properly, he reached underneath the material and into a 9 inch wide gap located in the frame work of the machine's feed table with his left hand to hold the material in place while the machine cycled. The glove on his left hand was caught by an unguarded chain sprocket, puling that hand into the machine and crushing it between the chain and chain track wall. His left pinkie was amputated, and the tendons were severed on all four of his fingers on his left hand. Emergency services were contacted and, upon arrival, the employee was taken to a nearby hospital. He was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.
Incident on Apr 6, 1995: Employee's hand amputated in forming machine
Employee #1, a setup mechanic, was attempting to unjam a thermal forming machine . He hit the wrong button to stop the machine's trim form press portion. He then proceeded to open an interlock sliding barrier guard and reach into the point o f operation. The machine, which was still activated, cycled and amputated Employ ee #1's left hand. The interlock on the guard had been bypassed. The machine's m anufacturer and the company's policy state that the machine should be locked out in such situations. The employee had not been trained in lockout procedures, bu t also did not use other safety devices the company provided.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Janesville site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 154 workers: 1.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Panoramic LLC
Janesville · 2025
154
2
1
1.2
2.6
Panoramic Distribution Center
Janesville · 2025
5
0
0
0.0
2.6
Panoramic Inc
Janesville · 2023
156
2
1
1.4
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Mar 4, 2021, Janesville: Hospitalization · open wounds, n.e.c. · eye(s)
An employee was training a new employee on a thermoforming machine. As the employee was disposing of a roll of plastic scrap, the tail end of the roll struck the employee in the left eye, resulting in a ruptured globe and a traumatic cataract to the left eye.
Jun 8, 2020, Janesville: Hospitalization · fractures · thigh(s)
An employee fell while coming down a ladder, missing the last two steps and landing on the ground. The employee's femur was broken near the hip.
An employee was unjamming a thermoformer when the employee's glove was caught by the conveyor chain. The employee's left hand was then pulled into the chain and sprocket, crushing it.
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii)
(ii) The physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area;
(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
