# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Premere Tank Wash
> OSHA SIR `2016054090` · 5/12/2016 · SARALAND, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Acids, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Premere Tank Wash
- **Location:** 202 Commerce Dr, SARALAND, ALABAMA, 36571
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a valve on a tanker trailer. Chloroacetic acid came out of the valve and burned the top side of the employee's right arm.

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