Incident date: 2021-12-02
NAICS industry code: 115116

An employee was filling a nurse tank with stabilizer after it had been filled with anhydrous ammonia. The nurse tank was over pressurized causing the relief valve to activate and release the ammonia. The employee suffered chemical burns to the right eye, face, neck, and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate