Incident date: 2018-09-04
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was attempting to replace a pressure gauge on a hot gas ammonia line. As the employee loosened the gauge for removal, a quarter-inch pipe and valve broke, releasing ammonia vapor above the processing floor. The employee inhaled the ammonia vapors and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate