# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Islechem, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065406` · 6/19/2023 · GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Alkalies, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Islechem, LLC
- **Location:** 2801 Long Road, GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK, 14072
- **NAICS:** 424590
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were cleaning a glass vessel when it ruptured. Employee 1 was hospitalized for abrasions/lacerations to the face, neck, and eyes as well as exposure to sodium amide to their face and eyes. Employee 2 sustained abrasions and lacerations to the neck and was not hospitalized.

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