# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Materion Brush Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109677` · 10/9/2017 · SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Brush Inc.
- **Location:** 230 Shoemakersville Road, SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19555
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a ball valve to allow sulfuric acid to gravity feed when the gasket in the ball valve failed and released acid. The acid contacted the employee, who suffered chemical burns.

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