# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at National Fish & Seafood, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098696` · 9/14/2016 · GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** National Fish & Seafood, Inc.
- **Location:** 11-15 Parker Street, GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01930
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/14/16, an employee was transferring cleaning chemical from a 55-gallon drum into a larger tote when the chemical transfer pump blew a hose off the hose bar and sprayed chemicals on the employee's face, arms, and torso. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns.

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