# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC
> OSHA SIR `20201111007` · 11/20/2020 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Trunk, 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:** TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC
- **Location:** 521 S. MAIN ST, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were replacing the tubs on a heat exchanger when they came into contact with anhydrous ammonia. Both employees suffered burns to the torso.

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