# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032403` · 3/16/2023 · DALHART, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple mouth locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
- **Source:** Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
## Employer
- **Name:** Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 12400 US 385, DALHART, TEXAS, 79022
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scissor lift, using a reciprocal saw to cut an inactive line with a 6-inch blade. The blade cut into an adjacent anhydrous ammonia line, releasing vapors that burned the employee's mouth and tongue and caused respiratory issues.

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