Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 010A Hazard:

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 effective purging, inerting, flushing or ventilating of the permit spaces: The employer is failing to effectively purge, inert, flush or ventilate permit spaces that employees enter, which contain atmospheric hazards including but not limited to flammable environments above 10% of the LEL in that; on 14 April 2015 two employees were fatally injured at 120 Hickory Street, Omaha, NE 68108 as the result of a flash fire and explosion that occurred when they were inside using steel scrapers and tools to clean the interior walls of rail tank car NATX303912 that contained natural gasoline, a highly flammable liquid with a flashpoint of 0° F. The atmosphere inside the rail tank car was measured between 22% and 328% of the LEL by the employer prior to authorizing employees to enter.