# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at MFA Agri Services
> OSHA SIR `2023043200` · 4/11/2023 · CHULA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
- **Secondary source:** Plowing, planting, and fertilizing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MFA Agri Services
- **Location:** Steve Urich Farm   intersection of SE 70th st and SE 50th ave, CHULA, MISSOURI, 64635
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a fertilizer applicator toolbar in a farmer's field. As he went to tighten it, it broke, causing anhydrous ammonia (NH3) to release onto the employee's waist and forearm. The employee sustained chemical burns to his chest and abdomen.

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