# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at DUREZ CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015129447` · 12/14/2015 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Phenol
## Employer
- **Name:** DUREZ CORPORATION
- **Location:** 5000 PACKARD ROAD, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After cleaning a process kettle with methanol and water, an employee emptied the tank and filled it with phenol.  The employee then began to remove the plug and was splashed with phenol, suffering chemical burns to the right thigh, stomach, and face.

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