GARLAND, TEXAS—
HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.
Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC., 2305 Sherwin Street, GARLAND, TEXAS 75041 on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the head, neck, and trunk.
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Final 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.
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