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UNION TANK CAR COMPANY

400 SOUTH BLANCHARD ST, VALDOSTA, GA, 31601
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,593 establishments
811310Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
EIN 363104688

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OSHA inspections
6
over 10 years
Violations
14
$60,619 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNION TANK CAR COMPANY has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 10 years of recorded history, with $60,619 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 88 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

UNION TANK CAR COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
6
0.6 / yr · last 10 yrs
Violations
14
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$60,619
$4,330 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 6
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 6

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 14 distinct standards shown · 14 citations in this view · $60,619 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0411$12,000Apr 2018Apr 2018
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$10,010Feb 2023Feb 2023
29 CFR 1910.1200 H0111$10,010Feb 2023Feb 2023
29 CFR 1910.0146 J0611$8,000Apr 2018Apr 2018
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$5,600Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.1000 A0211$5,000Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0411$5,000Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0111$5,000Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211Apr 2018Apr 2018
29 CFR 1910.0178 A0611Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0211Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0611Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.0178 L03 I G11Apr 2016Apr 2016
29 CFR 1910.1000 E11Apr 2016Apr 2016

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 8113 within GA. Peer group: 88 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $939
Inspection frequency
99th
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
5.4
vs industry
+3.6
TRIR
10.8
vs industry
+8.5

Reported for 156 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
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
10.8
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

Complaint
2
Referral
2

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) · Mar 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue

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
Mar 22, 2016Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized

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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Dec 15, 2017Asphyxiated,Nitrogen,Railroad Tank Car,Tank CleaningFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for UNION TANK CAR COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
31
Unfair labor practice
28
Representation (union)
3

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.). 31 cases · 28 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
12-CA-342974Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-RM-340636Representation electionApr 2024Jun 2024ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-338846Unfair labor practiceMar 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-337296Unfair labor practiceMar 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-323936Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Oct 2023ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-322946Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Apr 2024ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-316797Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Aug 2024ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-307509Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Mar 2023ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-301591Unfair labor practiceAug 2022Oct 2022ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-299952Unfair labor practiceJul 2022Aug 2022ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-289423Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Jul 2022ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-285937Unfair labor practiceNov 2021Jul 2022ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-278959Unfair labor practiceJun 2021Jul 2022ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-244462Unfair labor practiceJul 2019Aug 2019ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-230919Unfair labor practiceNov 2018Jan 2019ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-224318Unfair labor practiceJul 2018Aug 2018ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-222661Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Sep 2020ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-RC-221465Representation electionJun 2018Dec 2020ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-219374Unfair labor practiceMay 2018Sep 2020ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-217412Unfair labor practiceMar 2018Jun 2018ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-216787Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-216610Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-216232Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2018ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-216231Unfair labor practiceMar 2018Mar 2019ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-216226Unfair labor practiceMar 2018May 2019ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-214382Unfair labor practiceFeb 2018Mar 2019ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-211557Unfair labor practiceDec 2017Jan 2018ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-210779Unfair labor practiceNov 2017Sep 2020ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-209024Unfair labor practiceOct 2017Mar 2019ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-207139Unfair labor practiceSep 2017Dec 2017ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-RC-192284Representation electionFeb 2017Mar 2017ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida

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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for UNION TANK CAR COMPANY. 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
2022-08-24Referral22$20,019
2022-07-20Complaint0$0
2017-12-15Fatality/Catastrophe33$20,000
2016-11-22Monitoring0$0
2016-03-29Referral0$0
2015-10-27Complaint92$20,600

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 COMPANY is one of 1,593 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 1,593 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance within GA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNION TANK CAR COMPANY 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 1,593 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 COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $60,619 in total penalties.
How does UNION TANK CAR COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY operates in the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. UNION TANK CAR COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 5.43 compared to an industry average of 1.8.
Has UNION TANK CAR COMPANY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving UNION TANK CAR COMPANY.