Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201344660 - Fourty One Employees Are Exposed To Ammonia Release

**Accident: 201344660 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/06/2007**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
116052911	08/07/2007	2873	Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer,Llc

At 2:00 p.m. on August 6, 2007, employees of the Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer, LLC, and Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, were exposed to anhydrous ammonia, when there was a 7,100 gallon anhydrous ammonia release. The alarm system could not be activated from the control room. Manual activation at the pole delayed the alarm activation. Forty one employees were transported to the local hospital for treatment. There were no fatalities.

Keywords: leak, fertilizer mixing, alarm, inhalation, anhydrous ammonia

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	116052911			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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