# Burns and toxic effects (including smoke inhalation) at Midwest Ag Energy
> OSHA SIR `2025077342` · 7/28/2025 · UNDERWOOD, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and toxic effects (including smoke inhalation)
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to harmful substance multiple routes of exposure
- **Source:** Ammonia, ammonium compounds
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Ag Energy
- **Location:** 2841 3rd St SW, UNDERWOOD, NORTH DAKOTA, 58576
- **NAICS:** 325193
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing contaminants from a low point drain on an ammonia line through a hose and into a container of water. A release of pressure from the end of the hose exposed the employee to anhydrous ammonia, resulting in chemical burns to his face, arm, and chest as well as ammonia inhalation. He was hospitalized.

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