# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Ergon Trucking, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088424` · 8/23/2025 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact tissue
- **Source:** Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Ergon Trucking, Inc.
- **Location:** 4585 Industrial Road, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36501
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading sodium hydroxide from a tanker car. The hose connecting the tank and the tanker truck ruptured. The chemical sprayed onto the employee, who suffered burns to the face and legs.

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