# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery
> OSHA SIR `2022098383` · 9/22/2022 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery
- **Location:** 5000 Bayway Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were performing routine maintenance activities on instrumentation equipment when a caustic line going into an instrument began to release sodium hydroxide and propane, resulting in burns to the face and upper body due to contact with sodium hydroxide. Both employees were hospitalized.

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