OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827907
VAPOR,ALLERGIC REACTION,AMMONIA,VALVE,PIPE
Event description
Employee suffers rash after exposure to liquid ammonia
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:07 a.m. on February 7, 1990, Employee #1 had to shut off an a mmonia valve in the hallway of the Blue Star Food Plant in Council Bluffs, IA. T he ammonia line had been struck by a loaded forklift that was being moved down t he hallway. As the employee shut off the valve, liquid ammonia and vapors came o ut the broken pipe. The employee received a rash in the groin area. He washed it off in the washroom and felt fine. He remained on the job. No one was hospitali zed. Employee #1 was wearing the proper mask and gloves.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 30
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 215
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
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