GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO—
Dairy Farmers of America
Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dairy Farmers of America, 563 Sand Hill Lane, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81505 on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was rebuilding a valve on a refrigeration system and had pumped down the ammonia in the system to conduct maintenance. He removed a cover and was sprayed by residual anhydrous ammonia. The employee sustained chemical burns to the face and hands and may have sustained a respiratory injury.
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