# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Yuasa Battery, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021108704` · 10/8/2021 · LAURELDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Yuasa Battery, Incorporated
- **Location:** 2901 Montrose Avenue, LAURELDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring 98% sulfuric acid from the receiving tank to the cutting tank. At the completion of the transfer, the employee was closing a valve and a section of piping failed. The employee sustained chemical burns to their neck and right wrist.

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