# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099134` · 9/4/2018 · LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Plum Creek Parkway, LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68850
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to replace a pressure gauge on a hot gas ammonia line. As the employee loosened the gauge for removal, a quarter-inch pipe and valve broke, releasing ammonia vapor above the processing floor. The employee inhaled the ammonia vapors and required hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*