# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Continenetal Dairy Facility Southwest
> OSHA SIR `2019065609` · 6/4/2019 · LITTLEFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Continenetal Dairy Facility Southwest
- **Location:** 1926 FM 54, LITTLEFIELD, TEXAS, 79339
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with hydrochloric acid when the acid went straight up in the air and landed on the employee's apron sleeve. The liquid flowed down the apron into the employee's glove and burned the employee's hand.

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