# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020077153` · 7/30/2020 · CANTONMENT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
- **Location:** 3000 Old Chemstrand Rd, CANTONMENT, FLORIDA, 32533
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was removing a level control valve when he was sprayed with Hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The contents of the pipe were under pressure and the liquid was hot, but less than 100 degrees Celsius. The employee sustained chemical burns and possibly thermal burns to his face and back.

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