Anhydrous Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Incident sends 5 to hospital
At 7:17 a.m., on August 22, 2003, a cargo tank semitrailer arrived at a facility. The driver pulled the vehicle up to the fill location and helped an employee hook up to the fittings for a plant storage tank. According to the driver, about 7:40 a.m., the employee began transferring anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous and corrosive gas, from the storage tank to the cargo tank. The driver said that it took about 30 minutes to equalize the pressure between the storage tank |
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