# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Cherokee Nitrogen L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2019065951` · 6/12/2019 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Nitric acid
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherokee Nitrogen L.L.C.
- **Location:** 1080 Industrial Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 325311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to drain a knockout pot containing 65% nitric acid. The drain hose became loose and the employee was sprayed in the face. The employee received burns to the face and eyes, requiring hospitalization.

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