# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at PureField Ingredients
> OSHA SIR `2022109026` · 10/14/2022 · RUSSELL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PureField Ingredients
- **Location:** 1030 East 15th Street, RUSSELL, KANSAS, 67665
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an air line leak near a wastewater treatment tank when he contacted a damaged sulfuric acid line, which sprayed his arms and torso. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to his arms and torso.

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