# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Louisiana Pigment Co., LP
> OSHA SIR `2025077327` · 7/27/2025 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Chemicals and hazardous materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Filtering and sequestration machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Louisiana Pigment Co., LP
- **Location:** 3300 BAYOU DINDE ROAD, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 325131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were investigating the vapor conditions at the purification vent scrubber after a restart. Employees were looking through the sight glass, when the glass ruptured, releasing chemical vapors. Two employees sustained chemical burns to their upper body.

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