# 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1545.190: Section 1545.190 Camp Facilities

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## Section

- **Citation:** 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1545.190
- **Heading:** Section 1545.190 Camp Facilities
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 92 TRANSPORTATION / CHAPTER III: ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION / Part 1545 THE PROVISION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION AND SHELTER FACILITIES FOR RAIL CARRIER EMPLOYEES / Section 1545.190 Camp Facilities

## Text

Section 1545
Section 1545.190  Camp
Facilities
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 49 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
dition 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.

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