# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at MPW Manufacturing Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087197` · 8/14/2022 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** MPW Manufacturing Services, LLC
- **Location:** 9655 Richard Wycoff Drive, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to secure a clamp connecting a hose to a tank. The hose separate from the tank, and the employee was sprayed with a solution of water and 4 percent sodium hydroxide. The employee suffered irritation to the face and right eye.

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