# Chemical burns, corrosions  second degree at Caravels, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065294` · 6/4/2025 · RINCON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ears and facial region  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Carboxylic acids, acetic acid
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Caravels, LLC
- **Location:** 2789 Georgia Highway 21 South, RINCON, GEORGIA, 31326
- **NAICS:** 334416
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to remove enamel from copper leads by soaking them in a liter container of formic acid when one of the bottles fell. The employee was splashed with formic acid, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his face.

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