# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Peco Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171211967` · 12/17/2017 · POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Solvents, degreasers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 4114 US 67 South, POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, 72455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a seal on a pipe containing caustic chemicals when excess chemicals squirted the employee's face and caused chemical burns.

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