Incident date: 2023-03-16
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was on a scissor lift, using a reciprocal saw to cut an inactive line with a 6-inch blade. The blade cut into an adjacent anhydrous ammonia line, releasing vapors that burned the employee's mouth and tongue and caused respiratory issues.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
code_source: title: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple mouth locations
severity: moderate