# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at TYSON FOODS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015085330` · 8/1/2015 · HOPE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple mouth locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Disinfectants
- **Secondary source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS INC.
- **Location:** 275 COUNTY RD 278, HOPE, ARKANSAS, 71801
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was getting a glass to rinse out his mouth after having some coffee. He immediately noticed the water tasted funny and spit out the water. A chemical sanitizer, pH+, used in the facility had back-flowed into the potable water lines and contaminated the drinking water. The employee's lips, inside of the mouth, and tongue were burned.

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