Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 006 Hazard:

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 adequately evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by properly testing conditions in the permit space and continuously monitoring the areas where authorized entrants were working: The employer is failing to protect employees entering rail tank cars containing chemical products including by not limited to natural gasoline, volatile petroleum products, and denatured ethanol from atmospheric hazards including but not limited to flammable vapors and gases in excess 10% of the LEL, carbon monoxide, displaced oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, and benzene in that; continuous air monitoring is not conducted throughout the duration of authorized entry to ensure that the atmospheric conditions are maintained at safe levels in the areas that authorized entrants are working while cleaning, power washing, scraping and estimating inside railcars at 120 Hickory Street, Omaha, NE 68108; 302 Pierce Street, Omaha, NE 68108; and near 3100 S. 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68107.