Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 325320

An employee was filling an ammonia nurse tank. Ammonia (NH3) released from a valve and contacted the employee's chest. The employee also inhaled ammonia vapors and  was hospitalized.

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