# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at POET Biorefining
> OSHA SIR `2015085487` · 8/6/2015 · MARION, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** POET Biorefining
- **Location:** 1660 Hillman-Ford Road, MARION, OHIO, 43302
- **NAICS:** 325193
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

One employee was hospitalized after a sample port on a sodium hydroxide line failed, showering the employee with sodium hydroxide at 190 degrees Fahrenheit.

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