# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Poly-Metal Finishing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052666` · 5/6/2015 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Poly-Metal Finishing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Allen Street, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01108
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/6/2015, an employee received chemical burns to his right thigh while he was transferring hydrofluoric acid from a 55-gallon drum to a 5-gallon portable container. He used a siphon pump to transfer the acid. The pump had an undetected cut in the hose, which caused the acid to spray on to the employee's leg. He was hospitalized.

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