# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Kraton Chemical, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20181212840` · 12/14/2018 · PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Aluminum and compounds
## Employer
- **Name:** Kraton Chemical, LLC.
- **Location:** 2 South Everitt Ave, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
- **NAICS:** 325194
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 15-foot metal rod to clear aluminum chloride from a hopper into a reactor below. After the aluminum chloride fell into the hopper, back-pressure caused the aluminum chloride to come up through the hopper and strike the employee in the upper chest and neck. The employee was hospitalized with third degree burns to his neck and upper chest.

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