# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at RWDC Industries
> OSHA SIR `2021010074` · 1/5/2021 · ATHENS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** RWDC Industries
- **Location:** 110 Voyles Rd., ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30601
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a valve to prepare it to be drained of sulfuric acid when a pump failed and sulfuric acid sprayed onto the employee causing chemical burns.

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