Ammonia Exposure: A Review of Six Cases.

Exposure to high doses of ammonia gas can result in lethal injuries to humans. This case series presents 5 fatalities and an injured individual, caused by acute ammonia exposure, which occurred in the rubber industry. One of the fatalities and the survivor were reported in an incident of ammonia gas cylinder explosion, whereas the other 4 fatalities were accidentally exposed to gaseous ammonia, where they had started working at a reopened rubber factory that had been abandoned for a long time.