# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2022087681` · 8/29/2022 · CALVERT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
- **Secondary source:** Bulldozers
## Employer
- **Name:** Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC.
- **Location:** 1 Steel Drive, CALVERT, ALABAMA, 36513
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a dozer pump and motor. As the employee was removing the bolts, the employee's hip contacted the drain line, which broke and released hydrofluoric acid. The acid burned the employee's right calf where the chemical suit had ridden up.

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