# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Raydon, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065671` · 6/29/2022 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Cement, mortar mix-wet
## Employer
- **Name:** Raydon, Inc.
- **Location:** Abilene Christian University Science & Engineering Center, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79601
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backfilling a trench wall with a concrete mix. He was standing in the mix when it went inside his boots resulting in third degree chemical burns to both legs in various spots from the calf down to the foot.

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