# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Omega Protein Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087482` · 8/23/2022 · ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Acids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Omega Protein Inc.
- **Location:** 9730 Andrew Road, ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70510
- **NAICS:** 311710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a water hose to clean out an acid line. When he opened the acid line valve, acid came out between the crow's foot connections and burned the employee's chest.

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