Incident date: 2015-08-04
NAICS industry code: 325120

An employee opened a rail car that contained sulfur and was possibly exposed to sulfuric acid vapors. The employee either jumped off the rail car or fell off the rail car.  The employee was not wearing fall protection or a respirator. The employee was taken to the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate