OSHA Inspection: EAGLE RAILCAR SERVICES

Issued

2025-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12059.00 · Current $12059.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.  a) On March 4, 2025, in the mechanical repair shop, employees were using welding hoses without keeping the walkways in a clean and orderly condition.

Issued

2025-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12059.00 · Current $12059.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields:  a) On March 4, 2025, in the mechanical repair shop, employees were using welding equipment without welding curtains while welding on tank cars.

Issued

2025-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9646.00 · Current $9646.00

Hazardous substances 1073

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the ceiling concentration of 0.02 PPM:  a) On June 18, 2025, in the mechanical repair shop, a welder using an arc gouger to cut into insulated rail cars was exposed to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) at a ceiling level of 0.029 parts per million, approximately 1.443 times the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) of 0.02 parts per million. Sampling was conducted for 15 minutes.

Issued

2025-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1073

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  a) On June 18, 2025, in the mechanical repair shop, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented when a welder using an arc gouger to cut into insulated rail cars was exposed to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) at a ceiling level of 0.029 parts per million, approximately 1.443 times the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) of 0.02 parts per million. Sampling was conducted for 15 minutes.

Issued

2025-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1073

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  a) On June 18, 2025, in the mechanical repair shop, where the employer did not identify and evaluate the employee exposures for methylene bisphenyl isocyanate while employees were using an arc gouger to cut into foam.