# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at BioDevelopment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032599` · 3/23/2022 · RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Nitric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** BioDevelopment, Inc.
- **Location:** 11 University Place, RENSSELAER, NEW YORK, 12144
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unpacking a shipment of 2.5-liter bottles of nitric acid in a 70% solution. A bottle struck a countertop and broke, and the nitric acid burned the employee's left hand and legs.

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