# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Georgia Pacific Wood Products
> OSHA SIR `2018010543` · 1/17/2018 · CAMDEN, TEXAS
## 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:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific Wood Products
- **Location:** 20125 East FM 942, CAMDEN, TEXAS, 75934
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splashed in the face with caustic material as he was filling a holding tank. He was hospitalized with burns to the face.

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