# Chemical burns, corrosions  second degree at Parex USA Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076404` · 7/15/2024 · LITHONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Disinfectants, detergents, soap products
## Employer
- **Name:** Parex USA Inc
- **Location:** 1870 South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30058
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the formula section, putting labels on the pails and pouring product into the pails. The employee tripped over the formulation pallet and fell into a bucket of microbicide chemical. They sustained second-degree burns to the neck, back, right shoulder, left leg, and behind the right knee.

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