Incident date: 2023-04-26
NAICS industry code: 493120

On April 26, 2023, at 4:00 PM, a maintenance technician was performing visual checks near a purger. The employee used a wrench to rotate the valve toward the open position and anhydrous ammonia released from the valve and was inhaled by the employee. The employee sustained chemical burns to the chest with difficulty in breathing.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate