# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at JOHNSON MATTHEY,INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022021287` · 2/10/2022 · WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Ammonia and ammonium compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHNSON MATTHEY,INC.
- **Location:** 456 DEVON PARK DRIVE, WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19087
- **NAICS:** 336312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the valve cap from a 300-gallon tote of ammonium hydroxide. The back pressure caused ammonium hydroxide to release toward the employee's face, resulting in caustic chemical burns to their face and neck.

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