# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Aqua Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20191111700` · 11/11/2019 · DEER PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Aqua Solutions
- **Location:** 6913 Highway 225, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening the valve on a 120-liter HDPE tank. The nipple to the valve broke off, releasing the sulfuric acid in the tank. The acid sprayed the employee's upper chest, arms, thighs, and face. He suffered second-degree burns on the body and third-degree burns on the legs. He was hospitalized.

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