# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Hydrite Chemical Company
> OSHA SIR `2018065951` · 6/17/2018 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## 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:** Nitric acid
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hydrite Chemical Company
- **Location:** 2701 E. 66th Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the end of a trans-load (transferring from railcar to tanker truck) of nitric acid when a line broke, exposing him to nitric acid burns on his legs.

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