# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Strata Concrete Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015010139` · 1/6/2015 · NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Strata Concrete Corporation
- **Location:** Highway 23 to 89th Avenue South 2.3 miles, NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58763
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained battery acid burns to the face while attempting to start an air compressor on the back of a service vehicle by boosting the battery with jumper cables.

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