Establishment profile
UNION TANK CAR CO.
939 HOLLAND RD., MARION, OH, 43302
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,594 establishments
488210 — Support Activities for Rail Transportation
EIN 363104688
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
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 section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5A0001 | 4 | 4 | $21,422 | Mar 1985 | Sep 2020 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II | 2 | 2 | — | Jan 2000 | Jan 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 G03 | 2 | 1 | — | Oct 1984 | Oct 1984 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1020 E02 IA | 1 | 1 | $14,000 | Jan 2000 | Jan 2000 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0332 B01 | 1 | 1 | $9,959 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I | 1 | 1 | $9,959 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1026 D02 III | 1 | 1 | $6,000 | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 F01 I | 1 | 1 | $6,000 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 XV | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Feb 2004 | Feb 2004 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1001 J04 I | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | Dec 1999 | Dec 1999 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 I | 1 | 1 | $2,000 | Jan 2005 | Jan 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Dec 1999 | Dec 1999 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 II | 1 | 1 | $1,125 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jan 2005 | Jan 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E01 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jan 2005 | Jan 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 III | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jan 2005 | Jan 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1001 J02 III | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Dec 1999 | Dec 1999 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0252 A01 I | 1 | 1 | $625 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0184 E02 I | 1 | 1 | $300 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A01 | 1 | 1 | $120 | Oct 1984 | Oct 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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 | Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident | Pelvis | Hospitalized | |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Struck by discharged object or substance | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
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
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Jan 2017 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
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 period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2022 – Jul 2022 | Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Nov 2016 – Jan 2017 | Support Activities for Rail Transportation | FMLA | 1 | 1 | — | — |
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
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 number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-CA-250813 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2019 | Jul 2020 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-240492 | Unfair labor practice | Apr 2019 | Apr 2025 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-236020 | Unfair labor practice | Feb 2019 | Apr 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-233451 | Unfair labor practice | Jan 2019 | Feb 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-233235 | Unfair labor practice | Dec 2018 | May 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-228704 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2018 | Jan 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-226419 | Unfair labor practice | Aug 2018 | Apr 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-222725 | Unfair labor practice | Jun 2018 | Apr 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-217416 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2018 | Apr 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-212607 | Unfair labor practice | Jan 2018 | Jan 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-211164 | Unfair labor practice | Dec 2017 | Jan 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-195526 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2017 | Apr 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-191064 | Unfair labor practice | Jan 2017 | Apr 2019 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-036514 | Unfair labor practice | Apr 2006 | Aug 2006 | Closed | Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 08-CA-035139 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2004 | Jul 2006 | Closed | Region 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 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.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-28 | Complaint | 1 | — | $6,000 | |
| 2023-05-23 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2020-07-01 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $8,771 | |
| 2016-11-21 | Complaint | 4 | — | $19,918 | |
| 2016-03-03 | Referral | 3 | 2 | $16,701 | |
| 2016-02-10 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2015-09-21 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2004-10-14 | Complaint | 6 | 2 | $6,750 | |
| 2004-01-15 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | |
| 1999-10-25 | Complaint | 11 | 3 | $19,000 | |
| 1996-03-28 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-08-16 | Complaint | 4 | 2 | $2,050 | |
| 1985-03-08 | Follow-up | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1984-09-11 | Complaint | 4 | 1 | $200 | |
| 1984-08-30 | Complaint | 13 | 2 | $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
Other employers in support activities for rail transportation within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- BUCYRUS RAILCAR REPAIR LLCBUCYRUS — 3 federal enforcement records
- UNION TANK CAR CO.MARION — 2 federal enforcement records
- BUCYRUS RAILCAR REPAIR, LLCCANTON — 2 federal enforcement records
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYPORTSMOUTH — 2 federal enforcement records
- EAGLE RAILCAR SERVICESCAIRO — 1 federal enforcement record
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.ASHTABULA — 1 federal enforcement record
- TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC.CINCINNATI — 1 federal enforcement record
- VELOCITY RAIL SOLUTIONS INC.NORTH BALTIMORE — 1 federal enforcement record
- DHILLON TRANSPORT, INC.WALTON HILLS — 1 federal enforcement record
- TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS, INC.TOLEDO — 1 federal enforcement record
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- DAIRY QUEEN # 14535ROSEBUD, TX — 3 federal enforcement records
- JOHNS MANVILLE, INC.BERLIN, NJ — 3 federal enforcement records
- JOHNS MANVILLESOUTH GATE, CA — 3 federal enforcement records
- ACME BRICK COMPANYMALVERN, AR — 3 federal enforcement records
- JOHNS MANVILLEMACON, GA — 3 federal enforcement records
- SEE'S CANDIES, INC.SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA — 3 federal enforcement records
- PCC AIRFOILS, LLCDOUGLAS, GA — 3 federal enforcement records
- TITANIUM METALS CORPORATIONHENDERSON, NV — 3 federal enforcement records
- JOHNS MANVILLE, INC.ETOWAH, TN — 3 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC locationsParent rollup
- Support Activities for Rail TransportationAll employers in this industry
- Employers in OHState-wide enforcement data
- Support Activities for in OHIndustry × state cross-filter
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.
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Contact sales →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.