# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at DUREZ CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2025032178` · 3/7/2025 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Multiple flammable and combustible liquids and solids
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** DUREZ CORPORATION
- **Location:** 5000 PACKARD ROAD, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14304
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a chemical hose to an air diaphragm pump when the discharge air disconnected the hose from the pump. The employee was splashed with distillate byproduct (95% water and 3% or less phenol-formaldehyde) on their face, wrist, forearm, right knee, and right side of their stomach. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.

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