# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Elite Auto Center of Gainesville, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066185` · 6/19/2019 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Auto Center of Gainesville, Inc.
- **Location:** 924 S Main Street, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32601
- **NAICS:** 488410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking a front end loader to his tow truck to get it out of a wash pit in a concrete plant. The employee suffered chemical burns to the legs from the 3-foot-deep water the loader was in. He was hospitalized.

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