# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Exide Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2018043978` · 4/25/2018 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Acids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Exide Technologies
- **Location:** 3639  Joy Road, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31906
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to disconnect a high-level flow sensor that was going off in the acid farm area when acid contacted the employee's foot and lower leg, causing second degree chemical burns.

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