# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Newsome Trucking Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032907` · 3/15/2017 · HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Newsome Trucking Inc.
- **Location:** 4285 Malvern Rd, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 71901
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was providing assistance to a customer while using a caustic tank. The customer product inlet line had no shutoff valve and the product hose had a downward angle to the truck tank unloading pad. When the employee blew down the product hose, he was sprayed in the face by caustic sodium hydroxide solution, resulting in burns to his mouth, lips, and face.

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