Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keystone Cooperative, Inc, 25915 State Route 207, NEW HOLLAND, OHIO 43145
on — Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
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.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Ammonia, ammonium compounds
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