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July 8, 2019

Death of maintenance worker

Death of maintenance worker in USA, 2006:
Incident occurred at a food processing plant.
Incident involved installing a temporary vacuum hose on a drain pipe to remove the ammonia 
from a refrigeration unit so they could replace a leaking cooling coil.
A pipe fitting split suddenly while workers were trying to drain anhydrous ammonia from 
refrigeration equipment, spraying anhydrous ammonia on the face.
Source: US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Data and Statistics available at 
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/index.html and US Chemical Safety Board news report www.csb.gov accessed on 10 March 2009.

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