Alarm at Hall station

Sulphuric acid leaked: ÖBB employee burnt

(Bild: ZOOM Tirol)

Dangerous incident on Monday evening in Hall in Tyrol: sulphuric acid leaked from a tank wagon at the marshalling yard. A 28-year-old ÖBB employee was cauterized on the hand. After the emergency call was made, a major operation was launched on the site.

At around 8 p.m., sulphuric acid leaked from a tank wagon at the marshalling yard in Essacherstraße. 

"The 28-year-old ÖBB employee and a colleague were moving a tank wagon from the west to the east. A liquid dripped from the tank wagon and the man came into contact with it. He suffered chemical burns to his hand," reported the police.

Colleague raised the alarm, large-scale operation
The colleague immediately made an emergency call. A major operation was the result. 45 members of the Hall fire department with seven vehicles, two experts for hazardous goods from the regional fire brigade association, two ÖBB hazardous goods officers, the ÖBB incident commander as well as the rescue service and police were on site.

After initial treatment, the injured 28-year-old shunting employee was taken to the Innsbruck hospital by ambulance.