Incident date: 2016-04-23
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was cleaning the equipment and floors in an area when an ammonia release occurred. The employee was exposed to the ammonia and suffered second degree burns to her right leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Ammonia and ammonium compounds, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate