# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Apex Waste - Infinite Disposal
> OSHA SIR `2025088307` · 8/20/2025 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## 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:** Sulfuric acid
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Apex Waste - Infinite Disposal
- **Location:** 2400 Block of N Chelton Rd, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80909
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading trash into a rear-load trash truck from a residential trash can. The hopper of the truck was nearly full so the employee compressed the trash with the blade of the truck to make room in the hopper. As the trash was compressed, a black liquid sprayed out from the truck and onto the employee. The liquid was later determined to be a highly concentrated sulfuric acid that was in a plastic container inside a paper bag in a trash bin. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, arms, and abdomen.

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