# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at East Penn Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `20161110844` · 11/18/2016 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing
- **Location:** Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an exhaust flue and was exposed to sodium hydroxide. He received a chemical burn on his right arm.

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