Incident date: 2023-04-11
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was working on a fertilizer applicator toolbar in a farmer's field. As he went to tighten it, it broke, causing anhydrous ammonia (NH3) to release onto the employee's waist and forearm. The employee sustained chemical burns to his chest and abdomen.

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 trunk locations
severity: moderate