# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at STEPAN COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016109967` · 10/23/2016 · WINDER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** STEPAN COMPANY
- **Location:** 951 BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, WINDER, GEORGIA, 30680
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blowing down a mist eliminator when the side glass broke and sprayed sulfuric acid onto the employee's face and right ear, causing acid burns that required hospitalization.

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