# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Trans Chemical Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022087251` · 8/16/2022 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Acids, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Trans Chemical Inc
- **Location:** 419 De Soto Avenue, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking pH readings for a spill of liquid phosphoric acid. He slipped on the spilled acid, fell into a sump pump pit, and then fell into the acid pool. He sustained burns to the lower legs and hands and was hospitalized.

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