Incident date: 2023-05-29
NAICS industry code: 722513

On May 29, 2023, an employee was working on an ammonia compressor thermal siphon. When relieving the pressure, it released an ammonia cloud. The employee was hospitalized for breathing and swallowing difficulties as well as eye blurriness.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Ammonia and ammonium compounds, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate