# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Plesh Contract Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2015118770` · 11/19/2015 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Plesh Contract Packaging
- **Location:** 711_Northland_Ave, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14211
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving buckets of liquid potassium hydroxide and some of the liquid spilled onto his foot causing severe chemical burns. The employee was hospitalized.

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