# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co
> OSHA SIR `2018021815` · 2/22/2018 · CUERO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Cement, mortar mix-wet
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co
- **Location:** FM 955, CUERO, TEXAS, 77954
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees nippled up a blowout preventer's operation while standing in ankle-deep water that had cement residue in it. Later, one of the employee's suffered first, second, and third degree burns to his feet, requiring hospitalization. Rubber boots were not worn at the time of the incident.

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