# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Prairieland FS, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119503` · 11/3/2021 · FRANKLIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairieland FS, Inc.
- **Location:** 2950 Illinois 104, FRANKLIN, ILLINOIS, 62638
- **NAICS:** 424590
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an ammonia wagon when a valve opened, spraying the employee in the face and causing them to inhale ammonia. The employee suffered inhalation chemical burns.

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