# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Cortes Painting & Welding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021617` · 2/19/2022 · FREMONT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **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:** Cortes Painting & Welding, LLC
- **Location:** 1325 E. Cloverly Rd, FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were taking apart a heat exchanger. The exchanger was active and released 419 pounds of ammonia. One employee suffered burns to the upper body.

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