# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
> OSHA SIR `2019099237` · 9/5/2019 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Acetone
## Employer
- **Name:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
- **Location:** Chemistry Laboratory Department, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15260
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two laboratory employees were re-stocking chemicals on shelves. While moving a 4-liter glass bottle of acetonitrile the bottle dropped and broke, splashing them with acetonitrile.

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