# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at The Rob Salamida Company
> OSHA SIR `2015097169` · 9/28/2015 · JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Acetic acid, vinegar
## Employer
- **Name:** The Rob Salamida Company
- **Location:** 71 Pratt Avnue, JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK, 13790
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a vinegar vat for maintenance purposes. He was standing on a ladder, entering the space, and wearing a respirator when he was overcome and fell from the ladder into the vat. He was hospitalized for chemical burns to his lungs.

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