# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at High Performance Product Engineering
> OSHA SIR `20171212083` · 12/20/2017 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, 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:** High Performance Product Engineering
- **Location:** 6906 Dixie Street, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31907
- **NAICS:** 325411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a chemical container tank when the tank's water/caustic mix sprayed and burned his back.

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