Pryor, Okla. — An anhydrous ammonia line broke loose Feb. 6, injuring a maintenance worker at the Pryor Chemical Co. facility. The release hit him in the face and caused first- and second-degree burns, but no eye injury, according to Pryor parent LSB Industries Inc. The worker was taken to a hospital in Tulsa and was expected to be released Feb. 7, according to LSB Vice President of Safety and Environmental Compliance John Carpenter. He said the estimated 1,000 pound release was reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The leak was quickly contained and the facility was not evacuated, though a neighboring company did initially shelter-in-place.
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