# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010689` · 1/22/2020 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Metallics and compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.
- **Location:** 2978 Main Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14214
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a final sugar addition to a heated solution of caustic, silver nitrate water when a portion of the mixture ejected from the lid of the 100-gallon reaction vessel and contacted the employee's body. The employee suffered second and third degree chemical burns to the face, arm, back, and leg.

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