Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Name: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 9/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099134 · 9/4/2018 · Tyson Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 1500 Plum Creek Parkway, LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68850
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to replace a pressure gauge on a hot gas ammonia line. As the employee loosened the gauge for removal, a quarter-inch pipe and valve broke, releasing ammonia vapor above the processing floor. The employee inhaled the ammonia vapors and required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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