Incident date: 2025-06-22
NAICS industry code: 493130

On June 22, 2025, at approximately 4:30 PM, an employee was working in a field with knife-style anhydrous applicator equipment used to fertilize corn. The employee inhaled anhydrous ammonia. The employee had difficulty breathing and speaking. They were hospitalized with a respiratory tract injury/irritation.

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