# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2021097694` · 9/7/2021 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 102 BJ Services Rd., LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70500
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 96-gallon residential cart when chemical fluids spilled out of a bottle onto his left arm. The arm was burned.

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