# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Big Ox Energy Siouxland, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010196` · 1/8/2017 · DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Ox Energy Siouxland, LLC
- **Location:** 1617 D Ave., DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were simultaneously pouring two 5-gallon buckets of 34% hydrogen peroxide and a catalyst down a floor drain when a violent chemical reaction occurred, exposing them to gases and corrosive liquid chemicals. The employee was hospitalized with first and second degree burns to the face, neck, and arms.

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