# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Ineos Melamines LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019010397` · 1/13/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Ineos Melamines LLC
- **Location:** 730B Worcester Street, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01151
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splashed in the face with caustic soda, resulting in some of the material getting in his eye. The employee was hospitalized.

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