Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 926140

An employee was positioned at the withdrawal point of a nurse tank containing anhydrous ammonia. The employee was positioning a hand wrench at the top of the nurse tank when the wrench slipped and bumped the valve release. The anhydrous ammonia vapor released from the tank, resulting in an inhalation injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Ammonia, ammonium compounds
code_nature: title: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate