# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Jost Chemical Company
> OSHA SIR `2015074969` · 7/23/2015 · OVERLAND, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Nitric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Jost Chemical Company
- **Location:** 8150 Lackland Road, OVERLAND, MISSOURI, 63114
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 12:45 p.m., on 23 July 2015, an employee was gathering nitric acid at 67% into an 8oz bottle. The employee filled the bottle and it splashed acid in 
the employee's face, causing chemical burns.

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