# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191212761` · 12/12/2019 · CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC
- **Location:** 12551 HWY 273 West, CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 39832
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a liquor gun for a recovery boiler when black liquor (caustic-type material) contacted the employee's face. He was hospitalized with second degree burns to the face and upper chest.

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