Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, 12444 Highway 225, LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was welding next to railroad tracks. He removed the slag pan, stepped across the rail, and down the ballast section to dump slag from the slag pan. The slag slipped out of the pan and into a ditch with water adjacent to the tracks, resulting in an explosion. The employee suffered third degree burns, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableMolten or hot metals, slag
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