# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Attala Steel Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010639` · 1/19/2018 · KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Attala Steel Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 2200 Attala Road 2202, KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI, 39090
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching to turn a sulfuric acid tank valve when his elbow hit the sulfuric acid feed line and the line broke, releasing sulfuric acid. He received chemical burns to his face and hands.

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