# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Dist Tech, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015063367` · 6/2/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple mouth locations
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Dist Tech, LLC.
- **Location:** 8600 Park Place Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
- **NAICS:** 488999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering product(chem treat bel1544) to a customer location using a tanker truck. The employee  removed a cap to the discharge line and the chemical sprayed onto his face. As a consequence, the employee had 2nd degree burns in the mouth lips and tip of his tongue. The employee was hospitalized.

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