# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Excel Maintenance Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016099152` · 9/28/2016 · PRAIRIEVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Maintenance Services Inc
- **Location:** 17747 Airline Hwy, PRAIRIEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70769
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a tanker truck to be loaded with caustic. While the tanker was being filled, it was discovered that a valve near the end of the tanker was not closed and was leaking caustic. The employee was attempting to close the valve on the tanker when the soles of his shoes began disintegrating from contact with caustic. He suffered chemical burns to his feet and was hospitalized.

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