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Workers hospitalized after ammonia leak

Updated : 2014-03-15

By ( chinadaily.com.cn )

Twenty-six workers fell ill when ammonia leaked at a food processing plant in Harbin on Friday morning. The incident occurred around 10 am, when liquid ammonia, a caustic chemical with a pungent smell, leaked from a pipe in the freezing-and-drying area of Gaojian Food Co in Hulan district. All 26 workers were taken to a hospital and all are in stable condition.

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