Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.
Start: 11/3/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191111456 · 11/3/2019 · HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, neck, and trunk
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
Source: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate

Employer

Name: HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.
Location: 2305 Sherwin Street, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
NAICS: 484220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just hooked up to a bulk chemical trailer and was performing a pre-trip inspection. Caustic soda ash blew from a rail car inside the plant and the employee sustained chemical burns to the eyes, face, throat, and lungs.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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