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UNION TANK CAR CO.

939 HOLLAND RD., MARION, OH, 43302
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,594 establishments
488210Support Activities for Rail Transportation
EIN 363104688

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OSHA inspections
15
over 41 years
Violations
49
$84,035 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

UNION TANK CAR CO. has accumulated 49 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $84,035 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 30 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.4 / yr · last 41 yrs
Violations
49
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$84,035
$1,715 avg / violation
29% serious71% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 15
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 15

73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · 25 citations in this view · $84,010 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000144$21,422Mar 1985Sep 2020
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II22Jan 2000Jan 2005
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0321Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.1020 E02 IA11$14,000Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0332 B0111$9,959Mar 2017Mar 2017
29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I11$9,959Mar 2017Mar 2017
29 CFR 1910.1026 D02 III11$6,000Sep 2025Sep 2025
29 CFR 1910.1030 F01 I11$6,000Aug 2016Aug 2016
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 XV11$4,500Feb 2004Feb 2004
29 CFR 1910.1001 J04 I11$2,500Dec 1999Dec 1999
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 I11$2,000Jan 2005Jan 2005
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$1,500Dec 1999Dec 1999
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 II11$1,125Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$1,000Jan 2005Jan 2005
29 CFR 1910.0134 E0111$1,000Jan 2005Jan 2005
29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 III11$1,000Jan 2005Jan 2005
29 CFR 1910.1001 J02 III11$1,000Dec 1999Dec 1999
29 CFR 1910.0252 A01 I11$625Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 1910.0184 E02 I11$300Sep 1994Sep 1994
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$120Oct 1984Oct 1984

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4882 within OH. Peer group: 30 employers. This establishment has 49 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $4,258
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
2.9
vs industry
+0.9
TRIR
4.4
vs industry
+1.9

Reported for 71 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
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.4
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
Referral
4
Follow-up
1

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

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Aug 2015 – Jun 2020

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jun 25, 2020Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incidentPelvisHospitalized
Oct 25, 2019Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecifiedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Feb 4, 2016Struck by discharged object or substanceHand(s), except finger(s)Hospitalized
Aug 19, 2015Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecifiedThigh(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

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
2
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
2

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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 201711

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. 2 cases · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2022 – Jul 2022Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing1
Nov 2016 – Jan 2017Support Activities for Rail 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 TANK CAR CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, not this location alone

Total cases
15
Unfair labor practice
15

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 15 cases · 15 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-250813Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Jul 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-240492Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Apr 2025ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-236020Unfair labor practiceFeb 2019Apr 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-233451Unfair labor practiceJan 2019Feb 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-233235Unfair labor practiceDec 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-228704Unfair labor practiceOct 2018Jan 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-226419Unfair labor practiceAug 2018Apr 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-222725Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Apr 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-217416Unfair labor practiceMar 2018Apr 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-212607Unfair labor practiceJan 2018Jan 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-211164Unfair labor practiceDec 2017Jan 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-195526Unfair labor practiceMar 2017Apr 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-191064Unfair labor practiceJan 2017Apr 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036514Unfair labor practiceApr 2006Aug 2006ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-035139Unfair labor practiceJul 2004Jul 2006ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for UNION TANK CAR CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for UNION TANK CAR CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (across 177 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$599.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$5.5B
Awards (all-time)
27,649

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-03-28Complaint1$6,000
2023-05-23Planned0$0
2020-07-01Referral11$8,771
2016-11-21Complaint4$19,918
2016-03-03Referral32$16,701
2016-02-10Referral0$0
2015-09-21Referral0$0
2004-10-14Complaint62$6,750
2004-01-15Complaint11$4,500
1999-10-25Complaint113$19,000
1996-03-28Complaint0$0
1994-08-16Complaint42$2,050
1985-03-08Follow-up1$0
1984-09-11Complaint41$200
1984-08-30Complaint132$145

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

UNION TANK CAR CO. is one of 1,594 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,594 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNION TANK CAR CO. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. 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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,594 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 TANK CAR CO.'s OSHA violation history?
UNION TANK CAR CO. has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 49 violations and $84,035 in total penalties.
How does UNION TANK CAR CO.'s safety record compare to its industry?
UNION TANK CAR CO. operates in the support activities for rail transportation industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. UNION TANK CAR CO.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.93 compared to an industry average of 2.