# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Albemarle Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231110640` · 11/17/2023 · MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
- **Source:** Halogens and halogen compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Albemarle Corporation
- **Location:** 2270 Highway 79 S, MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS, 71753
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 17, 2023, a maintenance employee opened a line and residual bromine was released. The employee sustained burns to their palm and left leg and also suffered an inhalation injury.

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