# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Springco Metal Coatings Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109514` · 10/8/2016 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Springco Metal Coatings Inc.
- **Location:** 12695 Elmwood Ave, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44111
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a wall behind a phosphate tank while working on a plank that bridged the 8-foot-tall tank. The employee fell into the phosphate tank and suffered second and third degree burns.

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