# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Chobani Idaho, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129402` · 12/11/2015 · TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
## Employer
- **Name:** Chobani Idaho, Inc.
- **Location:** 3450 Kimberly Rd, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, 83301
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was preparing to work on a maturation tank valve. When he opened the valve a caustic chemical splashed him in the face.  The employee suffered burns to his eyes and the left side of his face and neck.

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