# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at PHOENIX CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018043991` · 4/25/2018 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** PHOENIX CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 2200 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a railcar to a tanker truck when 50% sodium hydroxide splashed in the employee's eye and face, causing chemical burns.

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