Incident date: 2016-11-21
NAICS industry code: 336510

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Sulfur and sulfur compounds, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate