# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at ALTA REFRIGERATION, INC
> OSHA SIR `2017054595` · 5/20/2017 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Ammonia and ammonium compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ALTA REFRIGERATION, INC
- **Location:** 1020 Avaition Blvd, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bleeding an ammonia line when ammonia came out of the valve and sprayed the employee's face. The employee inhaled ammonia refrigerant and had to be hospitalized.

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