Incident date: 2017-02-09
NAICS industry code: 115115

An employee was cleaning a flow meter after applying anhydrous ammonia as fertilizer for corn. When he finished taking the flow meter out of the system, the meter still had product in the line. The product came out of the line and leaked onto the back of his legs, burning his lower calves and requiring overnight hospitalization.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate