Incident date: 2021-11-03
NAICS industry code: 424590

An employee was performing maintenance on an ammonia wagon when a valve opened, spraying the employee in the face and causing them to inhale ammonia. The employee suffered inhalation chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate