OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449359
EAST CENTRAL SOILS, INC.
CAMBRIDGE, MN·
Event description
Farmer's eye injured by anhydrous ammonia spray
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on June 25, 1986, Employee #1, a farmer, asked anothe r worker for help with a problem with an anhydrous ammonia applicator. Employee #1 was not familiar with the new hydraulic control valve. The other man helped E mployee #1 hook up the control valve. He checked the filter by the control valve and, before hooking the line back up, told Employee #1 to try the hydraulic con trol valve to make sure it was working properly. Employee #1 activated the contr ols, releasing some anhydrous ammonia trapped in a short length of hose. The amm onia shot into Employee #1's face, causing serious eye injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 13
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
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