Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1545 - THE PROVISION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION AND SHELTER FACILITIES FOR RAIL CARRIER EMPLOYEES › Subpart B - FACILITIES › Section 1545.190 - Camp Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Where camp cars, house trailers, outfit or bunk cars, modular units mounted on
				flat cars, or Pullman and/or passenger cars are furnished for housing or
				sleeping purposes, a maximum of 4 occupants shall be designated for each car. A
				minimum of 80 square feet per occupant shall be afforded in each car.
b) Adequate first aid kits shall be provided
				and maintained for employees housed in camp cars for emergency treatment of
				injured persons. Each camp car shall contain a permanently wired smoke detector
				and carbon monoxide detector and a battery backup weather alert radio. Each
				camp car shall also include emergency evacuation instructions pertinent to the
				camp location, along with directions to the closet medical treatment
				facility.
c) Camp cars occupied
				exclusively by individuals employed for the purpose of maintaining the
				right-of-way of a railroad shall be located as far as practical from where
				"switching or humping operations" of "placarded cars" occur, as described in
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				CFR 228.101(c)(3) and
				(c)(4), respectively. Every reasonable effort
				shall be made to locate these camp cars at least one-half mile (2,640 feet)
				from where the switching or humping occurs. In the event employees housed in
				camp cars located closer than one-half mile from where switching or humping of
				cars takes place are exposed to an unusual hazard at that location, the
				employees involved should be housed in other suitable accommodations. An
				unusual hazard means an unsafe condition created by an occurrence other than
				normal switching or humping.
d)
				Sleeping quarters are not considered to be free of interruptions caused by
				noise under the control of the railroad if noise levels attributable to noise
				sources under the control of the railroad exceed an Leq (8) value of 55 dB(A),
				with windows closed and exclusive of cooling, heating and ventilating
				equipment.
e) A railroad shall,
				within 48 hours after notice of noncompliance with these requirements, fix the
				deficient conditions. Where holidays or weekends intervene, the railroad shall
				fix the condition within 8 hours after the employees return to work. In the
				event the conditions affect the safety or health of the employees, such as
				problems with water, cooling, heating, washing, bathing, toilet or eating
				facilities, the railroad shall provide alternative arrangements for housing and
				eating until the noncompliant condition is fixed.
f) A railroad shall, within 2 business days
				after establishing a labor camp in a community or county, notify the local
				health department with jurisdiction where the labor camp is located and request
				and permit a health inspection. Upon approval of the facilities, the inspecting
				health department shall issue a permit and collect a fee from the railroad that
				is sufficient to cover all costs associated with the inspection and processing
				of the permit.
g) The employee
				representatives of each labor craft affected by the establishment of a railroad
				labor camp shall be notified by the railroad at the same time as the local
				health department. The employee representatives shall be permitted to take part
				in the health inspection and shall be provided with a copy of the inspection
				report prepared by the local health department.