# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Emmi Roth USA, INC
> OSHA SIR `2015031272` · 3/18/2015 · MONROE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), 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
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Emmi Roth USA, INC
- **Location:** 657 Second Street, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured when a hoist that he was using malfunctioned, causing the basket on the hoist to fall into a tank of hot water caustic solution. This caused waves of the solution to develop and spill over onto the employee, resulting in severe burns to the employee's legs and feet.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*