Incident date: 2016-01-24
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was torch cutting a railcar at a scrap yard when the railcar's cushion unit was punctured. Hydraulic fluid spewed out and caused second degree burns to part of his back and the back of his legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate