Ottawa Lake, Mich.-Everyone was back to work early last week after a June 2 break in an anhydrous ammonia line at Ottawa Lake Co-op Elevator Co. sent four people to the hospital. An employee said no one suffered any serious effects. According to the local newspaper, the four were exposed that afternoon when one of them apparently pulled his truck forward while a tank on an attached trailer was being filled. The movement snapped the line and released an undetermined amount of ammonia. The two helping with the operation shut off the main tank and pulled the driver from the truck. There were no reported evacuations because the ammonia dissipated fairly rapidly.
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