HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA —
OSHA Inspection: GBW RAILCAR SERVICES, LLC
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of GBW RAILCAR SERVICES, LLC in 585 BERWIND ROAD, HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA 16648 (NAICS 488210). OSHA activity number 342484904.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- GBW RAILCAR SERVICES, LLC
- Site address
- 585 BERWIND ROAD
- City
- HOLLIDAYSBURG
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16648
- Mailing
- 585 BERWIND ROAD, HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA 16648
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 488210
- Employees
- 67
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer failed to post a danger sign on the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 informing a tank welder entering the tank to set up for a post weld heat test and two employees entering the tank to rescue the tank welder of the existence of an oxygen depleted atmosphere.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.146 D09
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer failed to prevent two employees not on the emergency response team from attempting to rescue a welder who lost consciousness inside the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 which contained an oxygen depleted atmosphere.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $12675
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.146 J02
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(j)(2): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor verified, by checking that the appropriate entries had been made on the permit, that all tests specified by the permit had been conducted and that all procedures and equipment specified by the permit are in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer allowed entry into the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 before atmospheric testing specified by the permit was conducted. A tank welder entered the tank to set up for a post weld heat test. b) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer allowed entry into the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 before car ventilation specified by the permit was conducted. A tank welder entered the tank to set up for a post weld heat test. c) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer allowed entry into the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 before verifying that an attached lifeline and harness specified by the permit was being used by a tank welder. A tank welder entered the tank to set up for a post weld heat test with a harness that was not attached to a lifeline.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $12675
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.146 D05 I
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions exist before entry is authorized to begin: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer authorized entry into the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 before atmospheric testing specified by the permit was conducted. A tank welder entered the tank to set up for a post weld heat test.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D03 IV
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iv): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit entry operations, including, but not limited to, purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer failed to ventilate the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 to eliminate an oxygen depleted atmosphere and permit safe entry for a tank welder entering the tank to set up for a post weld heat test as well as two employees entering the tank to rescue the tank welder.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.146 K03 I
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3)(i): Each authorized entrant did not use a chest or full body harness, with a retrieval line attached at the center of the entrant's back near shoulder level, or above the entrant's head: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - A welder entering high pressure tank car TILX 303142 failed to use a harness with a retrieval line attached. The welder lost consciousness in the oxygen depleted atmosphere and needed to be rescued. Two employees lost consciousness inside the tank car attempting to rescue the welder.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.146 K02 IV
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675
1900X100
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(2)(iv): The employer did not ensure that affected employees practice making permit space rescues at least once every 12 months, by means of simulated rescue operations in which they remove dummies, manikins, or actual persons from the actual permit spaces or from representative permit spaces: a) In the North Shop, on or about July 20, 2017 - The employer failed to ensure that the emergency rescue team practiced making permit space rescues at least once every 12 months. Three employees lost consciousness inside the high pressure tank car TILX 303142 which contained an oxygen depleted atmosphere and needed to be rescued.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $12675
- — Z (S) $12675
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 342484904.
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