# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Environmental Management, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076130` · 7/25/2021 · ENID, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Environmental Management, Inc.
- **Location:** Koch Fertilizer, ENID, OKLAHOMA, 73701
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing out of a containment basin after closing a valve on a sodium hydroxide tank. The legs of his chemical protective suit slid up, allowing a small amount of sodium hydroxide solution to run down his legs and burn them.

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