# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Carl Vinson VA Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2019099458` · 9/11/2019 · DUBLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carl Vinson VA Medical Center
- **Location:** 1826 Veterans Blvd., DUBLIN, GEORGIA, 31021
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a routine walkthrough of a boiler room. As the employee passed a contractor removing a steam-line pump, a neoprene seal ruptured, causing a chemical release onto the employee. The employee suffered chemical burns and eye irritation.

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