# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at Arlanxeo Performance Elastomers
> OSHA SIR `2024054159` · 5/11/2024 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Unintentional needlestick or sharps injury
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals and hazardous materials
- **Secondary source:** Needles, syringes
## Employer
- **Name:** Arlanxeo Performance Elastomers
- **Location:** 4647 FM Rd 1006, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77631
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a process sample and stroked the needle to remove contaminants when the sample needle pierced his left thumb. Some of the material being sampled (butadiene and cyclohexane) entered his thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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