Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Rescar Companies, Inc.
Start: 11/21/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110945 · 11/21/2016 · Rescar Companies, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Sulfur and sulfur compounds, unspecified
Secondary source: Confined spaces on vehicles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Rescar Companies, Inc.
Location: 109 BALL PARK ROAD, GORDON, GEORGIA, 31031
NAICS: 336510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean molten sulfur from the inside of a rail tank car with a pressure washer when he was exposed to an off-gassing of the molten sulfur. He was hospitalized with burns to his lungs.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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