# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Williams Lumber & Home Centers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086018` · 8/22/2015 · RHINEBECK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Lumber & Home Centers, Inc.
- **Location:** 6760 Route 9, RHINEBECK, NEW YORK, 12572
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dispensing propane from a main propane tank into a smaller tank. As he unscrewed the nozzle from the smaller tank, a burst of propane came out from the main tank and burned his hands and forearms.

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