# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Formosa Plastics Corporation - Texas
> OSHA SIR `2025054397` · 5/9/2025 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Corrosive bases  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Formosa Plastics Corporation - Texas
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Dr., POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a discharge hose on a portable pump. A 50% caustic solution sprayed onto the employees, one of whom suffered burns to the eyes as well as an abrasion to the side of the body where the hose struck them. The employee was hospitalized.

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