# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at UNILEVER
> OSHA SIR `2016076497` · 7/18/2016 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## 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:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** UNILEVER
- **Location:** 13000 EAST 35TH STREET, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64055
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about July 18, 2016, an employee was trying to prime a chemical metering pump. Chemical splashed out of the drum and onto his lips and mouth. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.

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