# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at GE Lighting
> OSHA SIR `2016021006` · 2/2/2016 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
- **Source:** Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** GE Lighting
- **Location:** 1099 Ivannoe Rd., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
- **NAICS:** 335121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was vacuum filtering a 49-percent hydrofluoric acid solution in a lab hood when the hydrofluoric acid was pulled through a vacuum pump during filtration. The employee inhaled the fumes, and her right ear and head were contacted by the solution.

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