Incident date: 2024-03-27
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was working in the prepack department in the chorizo area when a contractor performing work in the area cut into an anhydrous ammonia line. The employee inhaled ammonia gas, resulting in injury to the lungs and eyes. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Ammonia, ammonium compounds
code_nature: title: Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate