# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Peoples Cartage, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025032747` · 3/24/2025 · PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Nonflammable Liquids and Solids  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Disposable and medical gloves
## Employer
- **Name:** Peoples Cartage, Inc
- **Location:** 4301 Camden Avenue, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26101
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put on nitrile gloves and sustained chemical burns to their hands because the gloves were contaminated with bromine. The employee was hospitalized.

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