# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Bell Helicopter
> OSHA SIR `2015074983` · 7/23/2015 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bell Helicopter
- **Location:** 1700 N State Highway 360, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75052
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a tool that fell into a chemical tank using a pole. The tool fell off the pole and back into the tank, splashing the chemical on the employee. The employee sustained first, second, and third degree burns on the hands, right knee, thigh, calf, and right foot, requiring hospitalization.

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