Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 998328 - Employee dies of anhydrous ammonia exposure

Accident Summary Nr: 998328 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/21/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107739658	05/01/1990	2875	0	Terra International, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107739666	05/01/1990	4213	0	Sioux Line Ltd.

Abstract: On April 21, 1990, Employee #1 was standing by his truck at Terra International, Inc., a fertilizer plant in Crookston, MN, waiting for his load of clay to be unloaded. An expansion joint on a railroad car's pipeline for unloading anhydrous ammonia blew out and Employee #1 was enveloped in a cloud of both liquid and vaporized anhydrous ammonia. He died on May 2, 1990. The exact cause of death is unknown but a factor was probably that his lungs were burned by the ammonia.

Keywords: LUNG, AMMONIA, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CHEMICAL BURN, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE, BURN, RUPTURE, PIPELINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107739658			Fatality	Burn(Chemical)	Truck drivers, heavy
2	107739666					Occupation Not Listed

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