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Accident Summary Nr: 672733 - EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO LEAKING AMMONIA

Accident Summary Nr: 672733 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/04/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14767289	09/05/1985	2011	0	Cedar Rapids Meats, Inc. Dba Farmstead

Abstract: AMMONIA LEAKED FROM A BROKEN PURGING VALVE IN THE BASEMENT OF BUILDING #11, NEAR THE EAST WALL. THREE TO FOUR HUNDRED EMPLOYEES HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THE FIVE STORY BUILDING. TEN EMPLOYEES WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ALL EXCEPT EMPLOYEE #9 WERE RELEASED THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEE #9 WAS RELEASED TWO DAYS LATER. EMPLOYEES #3 AND #10 SUFFERED EYE SCRATCHES. ALL THE OTHERS EXPERIENCED IRRITATION OF THE NOSE, THROAT AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.

Keywords: EYE, RESPIRATORY, THROAT, AMMONIA, INHALATION, NOSE, TOXIC FUMES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
8	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
9	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
10	14767289	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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