# Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at GATX Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021021615` · 2/22/2021 · WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Phenol
## Employer
- **Name:** GATX Corporation
- **Location:** 2610 Industrial Boulevard, WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, 31503
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by a railcar commodity offloading area. A 2-inch rubber hose funneling phenol into a 55-gallon drum became dislodged from the drum and sprayed liquid phenol onto the employee. He was hospitalized, having suffered second-degree chemical burns to the back of his neck and first-degree chemical burns to his face and arms.

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