OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608075
Z - BIRD POULTRY PRODUCTS
ROME, GA·
Event description
Employee hospitalized after inhaling ammonia
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was turning a valve that controlled the flow of ammonia to take a fr eezer out of defrost mode. The valve came out, releasing ammonia into the plant. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
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