# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at JOST CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018088456` · 8/17/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** JOST CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 8150 Lackland, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63114
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a hose to a production tank to transfer sulfuric acid when the acid released and contacted the employee, causing chemical burns to the lower extremities.

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