# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Metallurgical Engineering Services
> OSHA SIR `2022021843` · 2/28/2022 · RICHARDSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
- **Secondary source:** Nitric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Metallurgical Engineering Services
- **Location:** 845 East Arapaho Road, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75081
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were mixing nitric acid and water in a lab. A chemical reaction caused a bottle of nitric acid to explode. Two employees were spattered with acid and glass, and both suffered chemical burns and lacerations.

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