# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Custom Threading, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111179` · 11/29/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Metallics and compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Threading, Inc.
- **Location:** 5835 Cheswood Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77087
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee kneeled down in a narrow, guarded area to clean around a tank that contained zinc. His right leg slipped and became partially submerged in the tank, causing second degree burns to the employee's right leg (from the upper thigh to the ankle), right arm, and right abdomen.

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