# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Vicinity Energy Philadelphia, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010690` · 1/21/2025 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Vicinity Energy Philadelphia, Inc.
- **Location:** 2600 Christian Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19146
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a tanker of sodium hydroxide when the line released the material onto the employee, causing them to be hospitalized with chemical burns.

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