OSHA Inspection: TACTICAL CLEANING ACQUISITION, LLC

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $8,275 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): The employer did not ensure ladders were used only for the purposes for which they were designed:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees using one section of an extension ladder to enter and exit a rail tanker car were exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $13,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, a respiratory program administrator was not identified where employees were using 3M full face respirators when cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars such as EPCX 3401 that contained non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): Where the employer could not identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure to respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace, the employer did not consider the atmosphere to be IDLH:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, the employer did not consider the atmosphere to be IDLH and did not conduct a reasonable estimate of employee's exposure when employees entered and cleaned rail tank car EPCX 3401 containing chemicals such as, but not limited to, non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $13,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(ii): The employer did not provide a respirator that was appropriate for the chemical state and physical form of the contaminant:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, employees using 3M full face respirators with 3M 6006 multi-acid gas cartridges were not provided adequate respiratory protection when cleaning rail tank car EPCX3401 that contained non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): The employer did not implement a change schedule for respirators not equipped with an End of Service Life Indicator that would ensure cartridges were changed before the end of their service life:   The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees using 3M full face respirators when cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars were using respiratory  cartridges that had expired.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at time prior thereto, employees using 3M full face respirators when cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars such as EPCX3401 that contained non-odorized Isobutylene were wearing respirators with a make, model, and size that they were not fit tested for.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(6): Qualitative fit tests were performed on negative pressure air-purifying respirators when the required fit factor was greater than 100:   The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, the employer conducted qualitative fit tests for employees using full face respirators that required a fit factor of 500.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees with facial hair were using 3M full face respirators when cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars such as EPCX3401.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $10,214 · Current $8,171 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Respirators were not cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of 29 CFR 1910.134 or equivalent procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees using 3M full face respirators when cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars were  directed to clean their respirators using cleaning wipes.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1): Evaluations of the workplace were not conducted to ensure the written respiratory protection program was being effectively implemented:   The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees were required to use 3M full face respirators when cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars containing chemicals such as, but not limited to, non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(vi): The employer did not verify that conditions in the permit space are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, acceptable entry conditions were not verified while  employees entered to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars containing residual chemicals such as, but not limited to, Isobutylene, Ethanol, petroleum distillates and sweet crude.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with 1910.146(d)(5) was maintained properly and did not ensure that employees use that equipment properly:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees utilized a Honeywell BW MaxXT II gas monitor that was not calibrated, not bump tested, and not used properly to test the atmosphere when entering to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars containing residual chemicals such as Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that ventilating equipment was maintained properly:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at time prior thereto, employees utilized a Texas Pneumatic TX-6AM Venturi Air Mover (air horn) that was damaged while entering to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars containing chemicals such as, but not limited to,  non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $13,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(14): The employer did not review their permit space program annually, using cancelled permits retained, to determine if employees entering are protected from the permit space hazards:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not annually review the permit-required confined space program.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $13,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  910.146(f)(3): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the authorized duration of the entry permit:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, the duration of the entry permit was not identified where employees entered to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars containing chemicals such as, but not limited to Isobutylene, Ethanol, petroleum distillates, and sweet crude.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(4): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the authorized entrants within the permit space by name or by such other means (for example, through the use of rosters or tracking systems) as will enable the attendant to determine quickly and accurately, for the duration of the permit, which authorized entrants are inside the permit space:   The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, the authorized entrant was not identified where employees were entering to clean rail tank EPCX 3401 containing residual chemicals such as, but not limited to non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(h)(1): The employer did not ensure that all authorized entrants knew the hazards that could be faced during entry, including information on the mode, sign or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees entering to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars containing residual chemicals such as, but not limited to, non-odorized Isobutylene, Ethanol, Hydrochloric Acid, and Ammonium Phosphate, did not know the mode, signs, and symptoms of exposure to the chemicals.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(i)(1): The employer did not ensure that each attendant knew the hazards that could be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees working as attendants where employees were entering to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars containing chemicals such as, but not limited to, non-odorized Isobutylene, Ethanol, Hydrochloric Acid, and Ammonium Phosphate, did not know the mode, signs and symptoms of exposure to the chemicals.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3): A retrieval system or methods were not used to facilitate non-entry rescue when an authorized entrant entered a permit space:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, employees did not utilize a retrieval system while entering to clean rail tanks and/or rail cars such as rail tank EPCX 3401 that contained residual non-odorized Isobutylene.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $12,769 · Current $6,385 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4): The employer did not assure that portable fire extinguishers were maintained in a fully charged and operable condition and kept in their designated places at all times except during use:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, the employer provided a fire extinguisher that was not in a fully charged and operable condition.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(o)(1): The employer did not ensure that only stable or safely arranged loads were handled:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees utilized chains and hooks on the tines of a JLG SkyTrak Telehandler forklift to lift loads such as, but not limited to,  when removing the pressure plate from the top of a rail tank.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $15,322 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.184(e)(1): Alloy steel chain slings did not have permanently affixed durable identification stating size, grade, rated capacity, and reach:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees used steel chains that did not have identification tags to lift loads.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $12,769 · Current $6,385 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): Where there was a defect or evidence of damage that could expose an employee to injury, the defective or damaged item was not removed from service until the repairs and tests necessary to render the electric equipment safe had been made:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees used electrical extension cords that were damaged.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(3)(i): Flexible cords used with grounding type equipment did not contain an equipment grounding conductor:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees used an electrical extension cord that was missing the grounding prong.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, employees cleaning rail tanks and/or rail cars containing residual chemicals such as, but not limited to, non-odorized Isobutylene, Ethanol, Hydrochloric Acid and Ammonium Phosphate did not know the physical or health hazards of the chemicals.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $35,748 · Current $35,748

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry into a permit space was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:  The Harwood Facility: On or about April 25, 2025, and at times prior thereto, an entry permit was not prepared where employees were entering to clean permit-required confined spaces such as rail tanks and/or rail cars containing residual chemicals.  Tactical Cleaning Acquisition, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1748921, citation number 1, item number 1-a and was affirmed as a final order on September 12, 2024 , with respect to a workplace located at 2313 Cannon Street, Danville, Illinois 61832.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $35,748 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure the entry supervisor verified the completion of the entry permit for rail tanks and/or rail cars before entry was allowed.  Tactical Cleaning Acquisition, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.146(j)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1748921, citation number 1, item number 1-b and was affirmed as a final order on September 12, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 2313 Cannon Street, Danville, Illinois 61832.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $35,748 · Current $35,748

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(i): An employer who designated rescue and emergency services, pursuant to paragraph (d)(9) of this section, did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, the employer designated the local Fire department as rescue while employees were entering to clean permit-required confined spaces.  Tactical Cleaning Acquisition, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1748921, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on September 12, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 2313 Cannon Street, Danville, Illinois 61832.

Issued

Oct 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 6, 2026

Penalty

Initial $35,748 · Current $35,748

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  The Harwood Facility: On or about May 2, 2025, and at times prior thereto, a suitable facility for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body was not provided when employees worked with corrosive materials.  Tactical Cleaning Acquisition, LLC  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.151(c), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1748921, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on September 12, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 2313 Cannon Street, Danville, Illinois 61832.