# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Americold Logistics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043723` · 4/26/2023 · JOHNSON, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Americold Logistics, LLC
- **Location:** 6403 Ball St, JOHNSON, ARKANSAS, 72741
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 26, 2023, at 4:00 PM, a maintenance technician was performing visual checks near a purger. The employee used a wrench to rotate the valve toward the open position and anhydrous ammonia released from the valve and was inhaled by the employee. The employee sustained chemical burns to the chest with difficulty in breathing.

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