# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at YKK (U.S.A), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021414` · 2/14/2024 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Nitric acid
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** YKK (U.S.A), Inc.
- **Location:** 3340 Chestney Road, MACON, GEORGIA, 31217
- **NAICS:** 339993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring nitric acid into a plating bath tub. A mechanical trolley that traveled over the tank approached and startled him. This caused him to spill the acid onto his right arm. His arm was burned from the wrist to the elbow.

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