# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Dairy Farmers of America
> OSHA SIR `2023043797` · 4/27/2023 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Dairy Farmers of America
- **Location:** 563 Sand Hill Lane, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81505
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rebuilding a valve on a refrigeration system and had pumped down the ammonia in the system to conduct maintenance. He removed a cover and was sprayed by residual anhydrous ammonia. The employee sustained chemical burns to the face and hands and may have sustained a respiratory injury.

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