# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at JOHNSON MATTHEY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017099001` · 9/20/2017 · WEST DEPTFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHNSON MATTHEY, INC.
- **Location:** 2001 NOLTE DRIVE, WEST DEPTFORD, NEW JERSEY, 08066
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding ruthenium to a reactor when a chemical reaction occurred and released vapors. The employee suffered chemical inhalation burns and was hospitalized.

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