VALDOSTA, GEORGIA—
Union Tank Car Company
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Union Tank Car Company, 400 South Blanchard St, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA 31601 on — Second degree chemical burns and corrosions, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was neutralizing an empty railcar that had carried sodium hydroxide. While the employee was cleaning the tank, sodium hydroxide splashed on his face and arm, causing 2nd degree chemical burns.
More severe injuries at Union Tank Car Company
CLEVELAND, TEXAS—
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY
An employee was climbing a ladder attached to a rail car, with the intention of inspecting a valve. The employee was on the fourth rung, slipped, and fell to the cement ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken leg bones.
CLEVELAND, TEXAS—
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY
An employee was fixing an airline utilizing a lift. He fell over the rail as he was repairing the airline with a pair of pliers and struck a tank car below. The employee fractured his pelvis.
VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA—
Union Tank Car Company
An employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder using a handheld grinder to grind the sidewall inside of a rail car. The guard on the grinder slipped and the grinder wheel fell off striking the employee's index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.
TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS—
Union Tank Car Company
An employee suffered from 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his chest, waist, and left hand when the shirt he was wearing caught fire while he was operating a gas-powered cutting torch to cut 8 bolts.
MARION, OHIO—
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY
On February 4, 2016, an employee was hospitalized due to an injury to the left hand requiring surgery. The employee was changing the tip of a spray gun and paint was injected into his palm.
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