# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032321` · 3/17/2016 · CALVERT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Multiple acids
## Employer
- **Name:** Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Thyssenkrupp Dr, CALVERT, ALABAMA, 36513
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sprayed by chemicals while checking a valve on a storage tank containing mixed acid. The employee suffered chemical burns and was hospitalized.

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