# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Westlake Vinyls Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018077203` · 7/17/2018 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Westlake Vinyls Company, LP
- **Location:** 36045 Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding a bag of sodium thiosulfate to a storage tank containing sodium hypochlorite and a weak caustic solution. The bag fell into the tank and the liquid in the tank splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns to the right and left thigh, abdomen and left hand.

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