# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Arlanxeo, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109911` · 10/15/2017 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arlanxeo, LLC
- **Location:** 4647 FM 1006, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 325212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining water from a reactor vessel and was opening a low point bleed on the vessel when a flash fire occurred. He was burned on the hand and face by a combination of water and residual chemical catalyst.

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