# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Apex Material Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2016065510` · 6/21/2016 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Nitric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Apex Material Technologies
- **Location:** 10 Industrial Avenue, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60435
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a lockout/tag-out procedure on a tank line and attached an air hose to clean the line. The pressure caused the flank to break, spraying and burning the employee with nitric acid.

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