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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

16TH & DOUGLAS, BRAIKER BRANDEIS BLDG., OMAHA, NE, 68179
Operated by Union Pacific Railroad · 1 of 294 establishments
482111Line-Haul Railroads

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OSHA inspections
10
over 49 years
Violations
23
$1,360 in penalties
Penalties
$1,360
$59 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY has accumulated 23 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 49 years of recorded history, with $1,360 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 10,594 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
10
0.2 / yr · last 49 yrs
Violations
23
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$1,360
$59 avg / violation
17% serious83% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 10
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 10

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $1,360 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0122$375Oct 1984Apr 1993
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0122$140Oct 1983Feb 1985
29 CFR 1903.0002 A0111$375Apr 1993Apr 1993
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$350Apr 1979Apr 1979
29 CFR 1910.0023 B0311$120Oct 1983Oct 1983
29 CFR 1910.0158 C0411Feb 1985Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0511Feb 1985Feb 1985
29 CFR 1910.0037 F0111Oct 1983Oct 1983
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0211Oct 1983Oct 1983
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0411Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0037 F0611Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0411Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IVC11Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0311Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101711Mar 1979Mar 1979

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4821 within NE. Peer group: 10,594 employers. This establishment has 23 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−2.8
TRIR
4.7
vs industry
+1.3

Reported for 26 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Complaint
9

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
12
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
16

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 12 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jun 2015 – Mar 2025812

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 12 cases · 12 violations · $0 in backwages · 16 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2023 – Mar 2025Line-Haul RailroadsFMLA55
Sep 2023 – Feb 2024Line-Haul Railroads1
May 2023 – Feb 2024Rail TransportationFMLA11
May 2022 – Jan 2024Rail TransportationFMLA11
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023Rail TransportationFMLA11
Aug 2020 – Aug 2022Support Activities for Rail Transportation1
Jun 2018 – Mar 2022Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction1
Feb 2021 – Mar 2021Line-Haul RailroadsFMLA11
Dec 2020Line-Haul RailroadsFMLA11
Apr 2018 – Aug 2019Line-Haul Railroads1
Feb 2016Line-Haul RailroadsFMLA11
Sep 2014 – Jun 2015Rail TransportationFMLA11

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
40
Certified
35
Avg wage ratio
1.23x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1400 DOUGLAS STREET · OMAHA, NE, 68179
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00Dec 2004View →
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1400 DOUGLAS STREET · OMAHA, NE, 68179
01View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
53433
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$256K
Obligated (all-time)
$1.2M
Awards
119
Top agency
Department of Defense
$623K
Company-wide — UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$-45240
Obligated (all-time)
$2.7M
Awards (all-time)
124

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$623K
Department of Transportation$383K
General Services Administration$124K
Department of the Interior$40K
Department of Agriculture$21K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 488210 - SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR RAIL TRANSPORTATION. Last action: 2026-06-01. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1993-02-10Complaint2$750
1988-10-04Complaint0$0
1985-02-14Complaint3$140
1984-10-18Complaint1$0
1983-11-09Complaint0$0
1983-10-04Complaint41$120
1980-06-27Complaint0$0
1979-06-20Planned0$0
1979-02-12Complaint123$350
1977-04-21Complaint1$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is one of 294 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Union Pacific Railroad.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Union Pacific Railroad across all 294 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Union Pacific Railroad, which operates 294 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 23 violations and $1,360 in total penalties.
How does UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY operates in the line-haul railroads industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 2.8.