# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Chemours Company
> OSHA SIR `2025021454` · 2/13/2025 · GREGORY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Hydrofluoric acid
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Chemours Company
- **Location:** 4127 Hwy 361, GREGORY, TEXAS, 78359
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rebuilding a valve. He started to apply steam to the valve when there was a release of hydrogen fluoride and tar. The employee sustained burns to their right cheek and loss of vision in the right eye.

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