# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Miller ME
> OSHA SIR `2022054649` · 5/28/2022 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
- **Source:** Chlorine compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller ME
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Dr., POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 562991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning sludge from a tank when they received chemical burns on 30 percent of their body from exposure to ethylene dichloride (EDC), as well as suffering kidney failure and vomiting.

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