# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Niagara Coatings Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098822` · 9/14/2017 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Paint removers, thinners
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Niagara Coatings Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 305 Sawyer Ave, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was applying chemical paint remover to a beam when the chemical got inside his sleeves and burned both arms. He was wearing PPE at the time.

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