# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Valero
> OSHA SIR `2015040620` · 4/5/2015 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valero
- **Location:** 1301 Loop 197 S., TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was sprayed by caustic when a 1/2" tubing broke while preparing a 3/4" line for maintenance.

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