# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Helena Chemical Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118578` · 11/12/2015 · FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
## Employer
- **Name:** Helena Chemical Company
- **Location:** 65195 712 Rd., FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, 68355
- **NAICS:** 325311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by an applicator when the coupling blew off, spraying anhydrous ammonia that burned the employee's chest and eyes.

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