# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Fredonia Cooperative Association
> OSHA SIR `2017021182` · 2/7/2017 · FREDONIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
## Employer
- **Name:** Fredonia Cooperative Association
- **Location:** 103 S 2nd St, FREDONIA, KANSAS, 66736
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bleeding the pressure off the anhydrous ammonia tank when the anhydrous ammonia spilled and burned the lower half of his body.

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