Incident date: 2015-04-15
NAICS industry code: 115114

On April 15, 2015, an employee was loading a tank with anhydrous ammonia. He stumbled, which caused the valve to open slightly and release vapor that came in contact with the employee's face.  He immediately washed his face and rinsed his mouth and was later hospitalized.

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