# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at ELEMENTIS LTP INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016078175` · 7/11/2016 · DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** ELEMENTIS LTP INC.
- **Location:** 511 N. 20TH ST., DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
- **NAICS:** 325188
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was disconnecting a pressurized hose used to offload sulfuric acid from a rail tank car into a storage tank when he was sprayed with sulfuric acid.  Employee 2 tried to help Employee 1 and was also sprayed with sulfuric acid.  Employee 1 was hospitalized for treatment of burns to the arms, face, and chest.  Employee 2 was hospitalized for treatment of burns to the arms.

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