# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `20161110597` · 11/10/2016 · KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
## 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:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc
- **Location:** 2763 Texas Hwy 141, KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, 78363
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading sulfuric acid 98% from a truck. When he disconnected the truck's black transfer hose from the host's receiving cam lock, he was sprayed with the chemical and suffered severe chemical burns to his neck, abdomen, left thigh, and left calf.

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