# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Ascend Performance Materials, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032652` · 3/13/2019 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ascend Performance Materials, LLC
- **Location:** 1050 Chemstrand Avenue, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An opened valve sprayed hot, hexamethylene diamine (HMD) onto an employee, causing second-degree burns. The employee was hospitalized.

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