# First degree chemical burns and corrosions at Fieldbrook Foods
> OSHA SIR `20171010091` · 10/20/2017 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** First degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fieldbrook Foods
- **Location:** 1 Ice Cream Drive, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While preparing to clean a mix tank, an employee bent down and tightened the clamp. The clamp snapped, shooting out a mixture of hot water and cleaning solution that contacted and caused first degree burns to the employee's face and both forearms.

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