# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2024032582` · 3/22/2024 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and hazardous materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 6503 Thompson Rd., BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 562112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling up a trailer with garbage juice and came in contact with the garbage juice or a caustic fluid, resulting in burns to the right forearm.

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