Incident date: 2021-05-21
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was operating a backhoe to level ground and seal an above-grade aluminum deposit at a landfill. The aluminum reacted with moisture in the ground when the operator leveled the ground, causing a reaction that produced ammonia. The operator suffered lung scarring due to ammonia inhalation and was hospitalized.

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