# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032753` · 3/27/2024 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Ammonia, ammonium compounds
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized containers  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the prepack department in the chorizo area when a contractor performing work in the area cut into an anhydrous ammonia line. The employee inhaled ammonia gas, resulting in injury to the lungs and eyes. The employee was hospitalized.

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