# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Shearer's Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010055` · 10/19/2017 · BREWSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, 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:** Shearer's Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 692 Wabash Ave N, BREWSTER, OHIO, 44613
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning a slicer head using chemicals, an employee pulled on a hose that released from a valve. Chemicals (caustic soda) then splashed the employee's face, causing a chemical burn near the eye.

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