# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065331` · 6/8/2020 · DE FOREST, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Alkalies, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 612 Stevenson St., DE FOREST, WISCONSIN, 53532
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking apart a flange to a 2-inch pipe. Alkaline product inside the pipe sprayed onto his forehead, upper chest, and abdomen. He suffered chemical burns in those areas, including third-degree burns to the chest and abdomen.

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