# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Alabama Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032852` · 3/30/2023 · WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Power Company
- **Location:** 31972 Highway 25, WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA, 35186
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a pump for a sulfuric acid system. Some of the acid sprayed out of a leak and burned the employee's face, neck, and head.

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