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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: The employer is failing to protect employees from inhalation of hazardous vapors produced by ethyl alcohol denatured with natural gasoline and sweet crude oil when employees are assigned to wear respirators while entering rail tank cars of unknown levels of chemical contaminants. This was most recently documented in the workplace located at and around 280 Pierce Street, Omaha, NE 68108 on or about January 23rd, 2017 through March 16th, 2017. The employer had not performed personal air sampling or other quantitative studies to evaluate employee exposure to ensure that appropriate respiratory protection had been selected for use when entering rail tank cars.