# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at White Energy
> OSHA SIR `2015107302` · 10/1/2015 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** White Energy
- **Location:** 3748 South Progressive Road, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 325193
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing down sodium hydroxide that was leaking off a pump. During the washing process, caustic material soaked into the employee's steel toe boots through the laces, causing second and third degree burns to the tops of the employee's feet.

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