# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Baker Petrolite, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20181212981` · 12/18/2018 · NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Aldehydes, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Baker Petrolite, LLC.
- **Location:** Oil field location CTR-Crosby 32-11, NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, 39120
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to exterminate bugs in an oil well using acrolein. The chemical sprayed out of a valve, striking the employee in the midsection and causing chemical burns to his chest. He was hospitalized.

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