Incident date: 2021-12-15
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was troubleshooting a float switch for an ammonia auto purge on a refrigeration unit. The employee was sprayed in the mouth with ammonia, resulting in chemical burns to the lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
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