# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Carnegie Mellon University
> OSHA SIR `20191111918` · 11/15/2019 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Carnegie Mellon University
- **Location:** Mellon Institute, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15213
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just opened an autoclave when a bottle of 5% hydrochloric acid and water pressurized and splashed hot acid on her face and neck, causing second-degree burns. She was hospitalized.

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